PRESS

Brainstorm

• Google Docs, write and think together: https://docs.google.com
• Workflowy, ever expanding notes, easy to share: https://workflowy.com/
• X-Mind, powerful desktop mind mapping tool: http://www.xmind.net
• Groupmap, real-time online collaborative
  brainstorming and decision making: https://www.groupmap.com/
• Mindly, mind mapping on the go: http://www.mindlyapp.com/
• Realtime Board, make a story canvas: https://realtimeboard.com/
• Go Moodboard, simple online moodboards: http://www.gomoodboard.com/

Monitor a story

• Feedly, powerfull feedreader: https://feedly.com/
• Nuzzel, news shared by friend & connections: http://nuzzel.com/
• Google Alerts, alerts based on search term: https://www.google.com/alerts
• Mention, real time alerts based on keywords: https://en.mention.com/
• Tweetdeck, indispensable tool to monitor twitter: https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
• Hootsuite, monitor Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube,…: https://hootsuite.com
• Facebook Signal: surface relevant trends, photos, videos and posts from Facebook and Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/get-started/signal
• Storyful Multisearch, quickly query keywords across Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram and Spokeo: http://bit.ly/201go0Q
• IFTTT, automate actions between apps, set alerts & track stories: https://ifttt.com
• Versionista, track changes in web pages: https://versionista.com/
• Wikiwash, monitor real-time changes on wikipedia http://wikiwash.metronews.ca/

People Trail

• Social Me, discover someone’s social media presence: http://www.360social.me/
• Rapportive, shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox: https://rapportive.com/
• Graph.tips, experimental Facebook Graph Search Engine by Henk van Ess: http://graph.tips/
• Mentionmap, map twitter users and hashtags: http://mentionmapp.com/
• Followerwonk, deep twitter search, compare users: https://followerwonk.com/
• Myne, mobile app for advanced twitter search: http://www.saviapps.com/myne/
• Bio is Changed, get notified when a twitter bio changes: http://bioischanged.com/
• Bond, schedule calls with your sources: http://bit.ly/1uSKIsx
• Crystal, personality profiling with one-click as you browse LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. https://www.crystalknows.com/
• Little Sis, a free database of who-knows-who at the heights of business and government: https://littlesis.org/

Paper Trail

• Document Cloud, analyze and annotate documents: http://www.documentcloud.org/home
• Overview, analyze and visualize documents: https://www.overviewdocs.com/
• Open Coporates, the largest open database of companies in the world: https://opencorporates.com/
• Open Spending, explore, visualize and track government spending: https://openspending.org/

Location

• Banjo Discovery, discover & organizing social media content by time and location: http://ban.jo/discovery
• Geofeedia, monitor social media based on location: http://geofeedia.com/
• Echosec, free location based social media search: https://www.echosec.net/
• Yomapic, location search for Instagram and social network VKontakte http://www.yomapic.com/
• LIFTTT, IFTTT with location triggers: http://www.visualcandyapps.com/lifttt/
• Newspaper Map, find and translate online newspapers: http://newspapermap.com/
• Flight Aware, Live Tracking Maps, Flight Status, and Airport Delays for airline flights: https://flightaware.com/
• Marine Traffic, Discover information and vessel positions for vessels around the world: http://www.marinetraffic.com/

Verification

• First Draft visual verification guide for photos, http://firstdraftnews.com/downloads/firstdraft-vvg-photo-ALL.png
• First Draft visual verification guide video, http://firstdraftnews.com/downloads/firstdraft-vvg-video-ALL.png
• TinEye, reverse image search: https://www.tineye.com/
• Veracity App, reverse verification app: http://apple.co/2h0YLNw
• YouTube Dataviewer, a simple tool to extract hidden data from videos: http://bit.ly/1wHdJPX
• Checkdesk, open source fact checking application: http://bit.ly/2i9H3fS
• Bellingcat beginners’s guide to geolocation video’s: http://bit.ly/2hbFHkx

Collect Data

• Import.io, easiest way to scrape data from the internet: https://import.io/
• Webscraper, free Chrome extension for scraping: http://webscraper.io/
• Crowdata, crowdsource document investigations: http://crowdata.readthedocs.org/
• Kobotoolbox, reliable free field surveys: http://www.kobotoolbox.org/
• Poll, easy online polls: http://poll.lab.io/
• EU-Data Tools, Set of free tools for analysing data about the EU: http://www.politico.eu/article/7-tools-on-eu-governance-brussels-lobbying-governance-open-data/
• Open Refine, clean your data: http://openrefine.org/
• Tabula, turn PDF reports into Excel spreadsheets, CSVs, and JSON files for use in analysis and database application: http://tabula.technology/

Structure your story

• Detective.io, online investigative platform: https://www.detective.io/
• Casefile, map complex investigations: http://bit.ly/15HLRyH
• VIS, visualize investigations: http://vis.occrp.org/
• Zotero: information management tool: https://www.zotero.org/

Production

• Drp.io, file hosting without a password: http://drp.io/
• Toggle, keep track of your time: https://www.toggl.com/
• Camscanner, turn your phone into a scanner: https://www.camscanner.com/
• Cloudconvert, convert anything to anything: https://cloudconvert.org/
• Small Pdf, tools for pdf’s: http://smallpdf.com/
• Easy Annote, annote pdf’s: http://www.easy-annotate.com/
• Google Translate App & Extension, use your camera to translate text instantly in 26 languages: http://bit.ly/1dPxz1l

Privacy

• Hushed, temporary anonymous phone numbers: http://hushed.com/
• Telegram, encrypted messaging: https://telegram.org/
• Signal, secure calling and messaging: https://whispersystems.org/
• Mailvelop, encrypt your webmail: https://www.mailvelope.com/
• Redphone, secured phone conversations: https://whispersystems.org/
• OnionShare, open source tool for secure and anonymous file sharing: https://onionshare.org/
• Disconnect.me: protect your browser from trackers and search privately https://disconnect.me/
• Spideroak: group chat & file-sharing like Slack but more secure: https://spideroak.com/

Reporting

• Filmic Pro, video app with professional functions (iOS): http://www.filmicpro.com/
• Cinema FV-5, video app with professional functions (Android): http://www.cinemafv5.com/
• Teleprompter, use your smartphone as a teleprompter: http://apple.co/2hufjzn
• Camera+, versatile photo app (iOS): http://apple.co/Miq1bF
• Camera FV-5, versatile photo app (Android): http://www.camerafv5.com/
• Interviewy, audio-recorder with transcription functions (iOS): http://www.interviewy.co.uk/
• Field Recorder, record interviews & voice dictate (Android): http://bit.ly/2hqpMew
• Sky Recorder, audio recorder for VOIP: http://eapps.pro/app/sky-recorder/
• O-transcribe, online transcription tool: http://otranscribe.com/

Multimedia Publishing

• Spicynodes, interactive concept for layered information: http://www.spicynodes.org/
• Thinglink, make interactive video & pictures: https://www.thinglink.com/
• Timeline.js, best timeline tool out there: http://timeline.knightlab.com/
• Storymaps, interactive map and timeline tool: http://storymap.knightlab.com/
• Soundcite, integrate sound in your articles: http://soundcite.knightlab.com/
• Tangle, make adaptive documents: http://worrydream.com/Tangle/

Snowfalling

• Exposure, stunning platform for picture and video stories: https://exposure.co/
• Pageflow, open-source storytelling tool for rich video and image stories: http://pageflow.io/en
• Shorthand social, scrollytelling optimized for social sharing: http://shorthand.com/social/

Data Stories

• Silk, publish interactive data stories: https://www.silk.co/
• Raw, easy custom datavisualizations: http://app.raw.densitydesign.org/
• Chartblocks, versatile platform for infographics: http://www.chartblocks.com/en/
• Datavisual, alternative tool for data graphics: http://datavisu.al/
• Infogram, easy and stylish infographics: https://infogr.am/
• Highcharts & Highmaps, create interactive charts & maps easily for your web projects: http://www.highcharts.com/

Analytics

• Media Impact Project, impact assessment & metrics guides for news projects: http://www.mediaimpactproject.org/impact-assessment-and-metrics-guide.html
• Google Analytics, DIY Engagement Tracking guide: https://learn.inn.org/2015/08/18/tutorial-diy-engagement-tracking/

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