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The SPJ
Digital Media Handbook
Part II
By
The members of the Society
of Professional Journalists’
Digital Media Committee
Published September 2010
Table of contents
(Chapter names are hyperlinked – click the title to go directly to that chapter.)
W EB CONTENT & DESIGN
An easy way to get your blog hosted and posted
Are you ready to use CoveritLive?
Stop web content thieves from taking your work
Free chart creation with Chartle.net
Creating shareable wireframes with Gliffy
SOCIAL MEDIA
An introduction to social news sites
Seven social media tools for journalists
Top 10 social media best practices
Twitter: An easy way to take part in -- or host -- a live chat
Ten ways to pimp your brand
V ID E O
What makes a good video story
The Flip camera: Small, convenient and easy to use
How to edit video with Windows Movie Maker (in 7 easy steps!)
How to annotate your YouTube videos
Get better video from your digital SLR camera
Better video: Publishing
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About the authors
Jeff Achen is an interactive media strategist for the Minnesota Community Foundation, The Saint Paul Foundation
and GiveMN.org, nonprofit organizations in Minnesota. He is also a consultant, freelance
photographer/videographer, and blogger atw w w . m n v id e o p r o . w o r d p r e s s . c o m. You can follow him
onT w i t t e r . c o m / j e f fa c h e n or email jeffachen@mac.com.
Rebecca Aguilar is a freelance multimedia reporter based in Dallas. She has 29 years of experience and has
won numerous awards for her work, including several Emmy awards. She’s also on the board of the National
Association of Hispanic Journalists. Rebecca conducts reporting workshops around the country (Finding Sources
and Stories, Networking, Live Shots, Getting the Best Interview, Writing to Video, and The Basics Of Multimedia.)
She can be contacted ata g u i l a r . t h e r e p o r t e r @ ya h o o . c o m.
Jessica Durkin is a former old-school print reporter going new-school. Jessica is the founder and editor of
InOtherNews.us, a directory of online, independent news sites around the country. She is based in Scranton, Pa., and
is a regional director for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Hilary Fosdal is the associate new media editor at the Law Bulletin Publishing Co. in Chicago. You can visit her
site hilaryfosdal.com and follow her on Twitter@ h ila r y fo s d a l.
Amanda Maurer is a digital news editor at the Chicago Tribune who specializes in social media. She blogs at
acmaurer.com; you can also follow her on Twitter at @acmaurer.
Jennifer Peebles is deputy editor of Texas Watchdog, a nonprofit news Web site in Houston that is a member of the
Investigative News Network. Follow her on Twitter at @jpeebles. She also often Tweets as @TexasWatchdog.
Emily Sweeney is a staff reporter at The Boston Globe. You can follow her on Twitter (@emilysweeney
) and find
her onL i n k e d I n,among other places.
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