{"id":49,"date":"2015-12-25T17:18:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T17:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2020-07-19T22:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T22:43:25","slug":"new-media-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/the-craft\/new-media-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"New media tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a list of technologies that are changing the nature of writing and publishing.\u00a0 It is a full-motion document assembled for the Hollins Writers Conferences that take place each winter at Hollins University in Roanoke Va. \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 \u00a0 \u00a0FIXING THE IDEA \u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Writing tools \u00a0<\/strong>Tired of MS Word? \u00a0Organizing a big project? Try:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/\">Scribner <\/a>\u2014 Aprox.\u00a0 $40 \/ lots of flexibility, and far superior to MS Word. Highly recommended for professional writers. Free trial version available.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.celtx.com\/index.html\">Celtx <\/a>\u2014 Free, add-ons for sale, not as versatile as Scribner but slightly better for film scripts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openoffice.org\/\">Open Office<\/a> \u2014 Functions much like MS Office but available for free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collaborative platforms<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Docs,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/hackpad.com\/\">Hackpad<\/a> , Etherpad and PrimaryPad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 \u00a0 IMAGING \u00a0\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Adobe Photoshop is the standard. It is essential for pre-press work for print publication (esp.\u00a0color profile\u00a0matching), but it is expensive. \u00a0Other imaging applications \u00a0for photo touch-up and web publication work just as well.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\">Gimp<\/a> <\/strong>(image editor, free,\u00a0 same basic processing as Photoshop)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/03\/google-makes-its-149-photo-editing-software-now-completely-free-to-download.html\">Google NIK photo editor<\/a> (free)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/photo-sphere-camera\/id904418768?mt=8\">PhotoSphere iPhone<\/a> (creates Panoramic 360 degree images)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/photo-sphere\">PhotoSphere Android<\/a> (creates Panoramic 360 degree images)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalhistory.org\/billkovarik\/journalism\/tools\/%20http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/how-tos\/newsgathering-storytelling\/visual-voice\/280433\/photo-sphere-a-free-and-simple-tool-gives-interactivity-and-depth-to-stories\/\">Review &amp; training <\/a>for Photosphere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 \u00a0 ANIMATION \/ STOP MOTION \u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragonframe.com\/\">DragonFrame\u00a0<\/a> ($300) \u2013 Best stop motion animation application<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/monkeyjam.org\/\">MonkeyJam<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 Free, not as many features as DragonFrame<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stopmotionpro.com\/\">StopMotionPro<\/a> \u00a0 ($185 or $18 \/ month)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/animatordv.com\/\">AnimatorHD<\/a>\u00a0 ($66 non-commercial)<\/li>\n<li>Adode Lightroom allows you to edit animations and time-lapse videos in bulk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014 \u00a0VIDEO &amp; AUDIO \u00a0Streaming \u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telestream.net\/telestream-home.htm\">Wirecast \/ Telestream\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/periscope-live-video-streaming-around-the-world\/id972909677?mt=8\">Periscope \u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netcastvideo.com\/\">Netcast <\/a>streaming services<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robbmontgomery.com\/2015\/01\/the-best-gear-for-reporters-making.html\">Gear for reporters<\/a> \u2013 Rob Montgomery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u00a0 AUDIO\u00a0 EDITING \u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\">Audacity<\/a><\/strong>, free sound file editor<\/li>\n<li>Cnet <a href=\"http:\/\/download.cnet.com\/Free-Audio-Editor-2014\/3001-2170_4-10809742.html?hlndr=1\">Audio Editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wavosaur.com\/\">Waveosaur\u00a0<\/a> (free, Windows)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nch.com.au\/wavepad\/\">Wavepad<\/a> (free for non-commercial use, Mac)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/waveshop.sourceforge.net\/\">Waveshop<\/a> (free, Windows)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-sound-editor.com\/\">PowerSound<\/a> Editor (free, Windows)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogs\/profhacker\/how-to-start-or-improve-a-podcast\/58609?cid=gn&amp;utm_source=gn&amp;utm_medium=en\">Podcasting<\/a> resources (Chronicle of Higher Ed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u00a0 VIDEO \u00a0EDITING\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lightworks, versatile, complex <\/strong>free video editor (free version only exports YouTube-sized files)<\/li>\n<li>Blender VSE, Videolan, other <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_video_editing_software\">open source free video editors<\/a> listed on Wikipedia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/downloads\/windows-movie-maker\">Windows Movie Maker <\/a>(MicroSoft, free, good but limited)<\/li>\n<li>iMovie (poor quality, difficult interface, but free)<\/li>\n<li>Adobe Premier \u2013 Fairly good quality digital editor, cheaper than\u2026<\/li>\n<li>Final Cut Pro \u2013 Pro-sumer high-end video editing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 \u00a0 MAPPING \u00a0\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Custom Maps in Google &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu\/tutorials\/create-custom-maps-in-google-maps\/\">Berkeley tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Foursquare, geomap.com,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/drive\/apps.html#fusiontables\">Google fusion tables\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0 and Google fusion tables<a href=\"http:\/\/fusion-tables-api-samples.googlecode.com\/svn\/trunk\/FusionTablesLayerWizard\/src\/index.html\">\u00a0layer wizard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gapminder.org\/\">Gapminder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>ERSI\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.esri.com\/home\/\">Story Map\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 drag and drop photos, text, maps, data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=44&amp;t=24110\">Scrapple,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>Pearltrees, spicynodes, mindmapping, popplet, thebrain, ideasketch<\/li>\n<li>Rheingold\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/socialmediaclassroom.com\/community\/wiki\/introduction-mindmapping\">Introduction to\u00a0 mind mapping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014- \u00a0 REPORTING &amp; SOCIAL MEDIA\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_news\">Social news<\/a> channels\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nReddit, Slashdot, Fark, Digg, Newsvine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social media <\/strong><br \/>\nTumblr,\u00a0 Flickr,\u00a0 Pinterest , Google+, Facebook, Twitter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real time front channel<\/strong><br \/>\nSkype,\u00a0 AOL, Google+<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time Backchannel<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itap.purdue.edu\/studio\/hotseat\/\">Hotseat<\/a>\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 parallel online discussion<br \/>\nTweckling with twitter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confidential communication\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nWickR App<br \/>\nprotonmail.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u00a0 PRESENTATION &amp; PUBLISHING \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Presentation\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nPrezi\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 www.prezi.com\u00a0 zoomable powerpoint for web with hotspots<br \/>\nViologues \u2013 running text next to any video (eg YouTube)<br \/>\nStupeflix, Pixorial\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 video production<br \/>\nVoicethread \u2013 share dialog, documents, presentations etc through the\u00a0 cloud<br \/>\nFor more formal &amp; organized presentations than etc<\/li>\n<li><strong>New publishing\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nTED books \u2014 example <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalhistory.org\/billkovarik\/journalism\/tools\/thedeepwaterbook.com\/\">Deep Water<\/a> by Daniel Grossman<br \/>\nvideos, charts, interactive maps, photos and audio asides throughout the text \u2013 a\u00a0 multimedia\u00a0\u00a0 adventure.<br \/>\nAmazon books \u2014 Like other marketers reaching upstream<br \/>\nAlso Lulu, Xlibris, createSpace, AuthorHouse, BiblioBazaar, Kessinger Books, Zerobooks<br \/>\nAtavist:\u00a0www.atavist.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/byliner.com\/\">Byliner\u00a0 <\/a>\u2014\u00a0 Short non-fiction for sale via web\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014<br \/>\nUtellstory\u00a0 \u2014 Elementary school storytelling collaborations<br \/>\nTaz.de \u2014 Berlin based consumer co-op \/ writers co-op \/ Publishers reaching downstream<br \/>\nTrove \u2014\u00a0 digitized Australian newspapers\u00a0 recruited the public to help decipher difficult-to-read newspaper pages,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding<\/strong> Kickstarter,\u00a0 UnglueIt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u00a0 EDUCATION \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Howard Rheingold<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mitpress.mit.edu\/books\/net-smart\">Net Smart<\/a>\u00a0book\u00a0 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1whawicjQdSDh1ohWF4-CDnSrrpkjfFtnpc6632vGBvg\/edit?pli=1\">social media course syllabus<br \/>\n<\/a><strong>Screen capture:<\/strong>\u00a0 Camtasia ($99+), <a href=\"http:\/\/camstudio.org\/\">Camstudio<\/a> (free); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezvid.com\/\">EZVid<\/a> (free); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsplit.com\/\">FFSplit<\/a> (free);<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moocs and open courses<\/strong><br \/>\nKahn Academy, Saylor, Coursera, Udacity, iVercity (European)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certification:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Badges\">Badges<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Contests \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 \u00a0<\/strong>Nanowrimo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u2014\u2014\u2013 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2013<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learning rights for the digital age<\/strong><br \/>\nRight to access, Right to privacy.\u00a0 Right to create public knowledge<br \/>\nRight to own your own personal data and intellectual property<br \/>\nRight to financial transparency, Right to quality and care<br \/>\nRight to pedagogical transparency<br \/>\nRight to have great teachers,\u00a0 Right to be teachers<br \/>\n\u2018A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age\u2019 Chronicle of Higher Education, January 23, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>The ideal public sphere<\/strong> (Jurgen Habermas)<br \/>\nAutonomy from state and economic power,<br \/>\nInclusion and equality,<br \/>\nOpen\u00a0 exchange and critique of claims<br \/>\nReflexivity (re-consider yourself)<br \/>\nIdeal role taking. (Considering others)<br \/>\nComprehensive and transparent\u00a0 \u2014 Effort to make known all information, including their true intentions &amp; interests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>GREAT NON-FICTION USING NEW MEDIA TOOLS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Detroit Free Press \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/interactive\/article\/20121202\/NEWS01\/120814070\/The-Packard-Plant-Why-it-has-to-go\">The Packard Plant<\/a>, Dec. 2012<\/li>\n<li>Tampa Bay Times \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/specials\/2013\/reports\/bounty\/\">The Last Voyage of the Bounty<\/a>, Oct. 2013<\/li>\n<li>Washington Post \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.washingtonpost.com\/top-secret-america\/\"> Top Secret America<\/a>, Sept. 2010<\/li>\n<li>New York Times \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/projects\/2012\/snow-fall\/#\/?part=tunnel-creek\">Snowfall<\/a>, 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>EDUCATION IN NEW MEDIA<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Google<a href=\"https:\/\/www.udacity.com\/google\"> courses on UDacity\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Coursera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list of technologies that are changing the nature of writing and publishing.\u00a0 It is a full-motion document assembled for the Hollins Writers Conferences that take place each winter at Hollins University in Roanoke Va. \u00a0\u00a0 \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2013 \u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/the-craft\/new-media-tools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1464,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/1464"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revolutionsincommunication.com\/journalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}