Multimedia for Social Media
What can you do with tools: Organize your twitter life; edit video; make pictures pretty; make gifs; make graphics; create illustrations
SOME SUGGESTIONS
Tool: Piktochart
Good for: Complete infographics
Alternative: Infogr.am
Tool: ThingLink
Good for: A quick interactive experience. Can be layered with a tool like Piktochart to create “roll overs”
Tool: CartoDB one click
Good for: Multi-pin maps, mapping spreadsheets, including more information in each pin, allowing users to contribute
Alternative: Maps.google.com, Zeemaps
Tool: DataWrapper
Good for: Simple charts that are interactive for the user
Alternative: Infogr.am
Tool: Videolicious
Good for: Quick iPhone/iPad video with voiceover track
Alternative: iMovie app
Or: Verse
Tool: Stellar
Good for: Simple audio slideshows that are not completely linear (not every image has to be a photograph)
Alternative: Sway
Tool: evrybit
Good for: Live coverage with photos and video
Alternative: Twitter
Tool: Momento app
Good for: Turning a gallery of photos into a shareable gif
Alternative: giphy
Or: Ripl creates layered, animated images
Tool: Canva
Good for: graphic design; shareable pictures
Alternative: Over
Tool: PowToon
Good for: Explanatory videos that wouldn’t otherwise have good visuals
Alternative: Moovly
Tool: Storify
Good for: creating a narrative around social media posts across platforms; archiving live event coverage
Alternative: Twitter embed
Tool: Facebook live
Good for: video connecting to the audience in real time and providing commentary
Alternative: Instagram live
More great reading
5 quick steps to catchy Instagram captions
https://www.newswhip.com/2017/08/creating-instagram-captions/#6ubuxs6luSpVPObk.99
How to Choose A Social Media Management Tool
30 of the Latest and Greatest Data Storytelling Tools
https://medium.com/@ToTheVictor/nicar30tools-da83db0f3dc6
Essential Tools and Tactics for Video on Social
https://www.newswhip.com/2016/07/essential-tools-tactics-video-social/#5za0AgTTtJGcDyvq.99
JournalistsToolbox.org
Project today
Our project for the day is to cover the cost of coming to campus. We will create a hashtag together and everyone will choose a tool to tell this story. Find a person, find some numbers, find a quick story and tell it. Post to your own Twitter account with the hashtag and we will come together to talk about what works.
