These are the handouts for a workshop titled 33 Sites Every Journalist Should Know that I led at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. The first of three blog posts related to this presentation is at: http://bit.ly/87DVTr

1. The sites chosen for this
workshop have three
33 Sites qualities. They are free and
easy to use, and they help
journalists work more
Every efficiently. This list isn’t
comprehensive. It’s intended
Journalist to serve as a starting point. I
welcome input in building on
Should and improving this guide.
Know PART 1
SITES 1 - 11
A Workshop Guide by Jeremy Caplan
The first sites in this workshop
Feedback and input is welcome: focus on gathering, managing
jeremy@jeremycaplan.com and organizing information. The
second set, in Part II, address the
PART I: process of creating and sharing
GATHERING & ORGANIZING ideas, stories and information. The
last sites, in Part III, are useful for
PART II:
adding multimedia and polishing
CREATING & SHARING
and presenting ideas and stories.
PART III:
POLISHING & PRESENTING
DROP.IO/33SITES GOOGLE READER DELICIO.US
Links to the sites for this workshop are An inbox for RSS feeds, blog posts, Save links and discover sites. Search
collected at: delicious.com/silverboat/ pictures, videos and other materials by subject tags to find relevant pages.
33sites and at drop.io/33sites
URL: google.com/reader URL: delicious.com
URL: drop.io/33sites, delicious.com/ ALSO USEFUL: feedly.com, ALSO USEFUL: Diigo.com,
silverboat/33sites bloglines.com, igoogle.com Publish2.com
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2. PART I: GATHERING, MANAGING, & ORGANIZING INFORMATION
EVERNOTE INSTAPAPER READABILITY
Organize notes and Web research Save stories to read later Make sites and stories more legible
URL: evernote.com URL: instapaper.com URL: lab.arc90.com/experiments/
ALSO TRY: Google Docs, Zoho ALSO TRY: Laterloop.com, readability
Notebook, Backpackit.com, MIT’s readitlaterlist.com ALSO TRY: Tidyread.com,
List.it printfriendly.com,
readable-app.appspot.com
ALLTOP NY TIMES PROTOTYPES THE INTERNET ARCHIVE
A custom page with just what you Innovative formats: How Find open-source material and
want to research or keep tabs on tomorrow’s journalism may look look back at historical Web pages
URL: alltop.com URL: firstlook.blogs.nytimes.com/ URL: archive.org
ALSO USEFUL: Popurls.com, prototypes ALSO USEFUL: creativecommons.org,
OriginalSignal.com, EuFeeds.eu, ALSO USEFUL: labs.digg.com, flickr.com/commons,
digg.com, stumbleupon.com fastflip.googlelabs.com, SI and images.google.com/hosted/life
Bonnier Tablet Videos
SPEZIFY SCRIBD MUCK RACK
Track Your tracks. Monitor social Find and share documents and Journalists on Twitter. Find
media references to your work or presentations on subjects of colleagues and collaborators to
topics you cover. interest track on Twitter. Monitor subjects.
URL: spezify.com URL: scribd.com URL: muckrack.com
Also Try: socialmention.com, Also Try: Slideshare.com, Also Try: monitter.com,
google.com/alerts, viewzi.com Docstoc.com, issuu.com tweetdeck.com, wefollow.com
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3. The sites chosen for this
workshop have three
33 Sites qualities. They are free and
easy to use, and they help
journalists work more
Every efficiently. This list isn’t
comprehensive. It’s intended
Journalist to serve as a starting point. I
welcome input in building on
Should and improving this guide.
Know PART 2
SITES 12 - 22
A Workshop Guide by Jeremy Caplan
The first sites in this workshop
Feedback and input is welcome: focus on gathering, managing and
jeremy@jeremycaplan.com organizing information. The second
PART I: set, in Part II, address the
GATHERING & ORGANIZING process of creating and sharing
ideas, stories and information.
PART II: The last sites, in Part III, are useful
CREATING & SHARING for adding multimedia and polishing
and presenting ideas and stories.
PART III:
POLISHING & PRESENTING
DROP.IO/33SITES POSTEROUS TUMBLR
Links to all the sites discussed thus far Blog by e-mail. Automatically post to Elegant microblogging tool. Numerous
in this workshop, and relevant videos Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, etc. Enables available themes. Easy+well-designed.
and other resources. group blogging and crowdsourcing.
URL: tumblr.com
URL: drop.io/33sites, delicious.com/ URL: posterous.com ALSO TRY: blogger.com,
silverboat/33sites ALSO TRY: soup.io, ping.fm wordpress.com
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4. PART II: CREATING & SHARING
Google
Forms
GOOGLE DOCS GOOGLE FORMS ZEEMAPS
Write and instantly publish. Organize Create instant surveys and polls. Build maps to supplement stories or to
data and sources info in spreadsheets. Automate information collection. add geographic info to blog posts.
URL: docs.google.com URL: docs.google.com/forms URL: zeemaps.com
ALSO TRY: docs.zoho.com, ALSO TRY: polldaddy.com, ALSO TRY: umapper.com,
officelive.com, ommwriter.com, polleverywhere.com, doodle.com communitywalk.com
darkcopy.com
DROP.IO GOOGLE MODERATOR SEECLICKFIX
Create a collaborative workpace to Collect ideas and questions. Enable Track local issues and community
share and publish materials. voting and moderation. complaints. Embed local reports.
URL: drop.io URL: google.com/moderator URL: seeclickfix.com
ALSO TRY: dropbox.com, ALSO TRY: allourideas.org, ALSO TRY: outside.in, fwix.com
skydrive.com, glidedigital.com Wridea.com, kindlingapp.com
BIT.LY NING FRIENDFEED
Shorten URLs and monitor responses Create and participate in niche social Monitor subjects, keep track of feeds,
and reference to your stories. networks about subjects or publish updates. (Recently bought by
communities of interest. Facebook).
URL: bit.ly
ALSO TRY: fur.ly, cl1p.net, snipurl.com URL: ning.com URL: friendfeed.com
ALSO TRY: grou.ps, ALSO TRY: digg.com, linkedin.com,
groups.google.com analytics.google.com
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5. The sites chosen for this
workshop have three
33 Sites qualities. They are free and
easy to use, and they help
journalists work more
Every efficiently. This list isn’t
comprehensive. It’s intended
Journalist to serve as a starting point. I
welcome input in building on
Should and improving this guide.
Know PART 3
SITES 23 - 33
A Workshop Guide by Jeremy Caplan
The first sites in this workshop
Feedback and input is welcome: focus on gathering, managing and
jeremy@jeremycaplan.com organizing information. The second
PART I: set address the process of creating
GATHERING & ORGANIZING and sharing ideas, stories and
information. This last set of sites
PART II:
help with polishing/presenting
CREATING & SHARING
portfolios, ideas and stories, and
PART III: adding multimedia.
POLISHING & PRESENTING
DELICIOUS.COM/SILVERBOAT/33SITES FLAVORS.ME CARBONMADE
Links to all 33 sites Create a personalized Web page Publish a portfolio of images or flash
drawing from your blogs, feeds, etc files to share your work
URL: flavors.me URL: carbonmade.com
ALSO TRY: card.ly, gizapage.com ALSO TRY: issuu.com, krop.com
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6. PART III: POLISHING, PRESENTING AND MULTIMEDIA
Google
Forms
VIMEO ANIMOTO GOOGLE VOICE
High-quality, well-designed video Create instant, impressive video/ Streamline your multiple phone
publishing service with useful groups slideshows out of your photos and numbers; add features to your phone
and projects to inspire new ideas video clips
URL: voice.google.com
URL: vimeo.com URL: animoto.com ALSO TRY: skype.com,
ALSO TRY: tubemogul.com, blip.tv ALSO TRY: vuvox.com recordmycalls.com
PREZI USTREAM WEEBLY
Publish and present ideas using a Shoot and broadcast live video from a Create a simple site quickly and easily
post-Powerpoint, innovative interface mobile device or portable video
camera URL: weebly.com
URL: prezi.com ALSO TRY: wix.com, jimdo.com,
ALSO TRY: slidesix.com, URL: ustream.com wordpress.org, squarespace.com
280slides.com ALSO TRY: qik.com, twitvid.com
DOODLE.COM BUBBL.US PICNIK
Schedule meetings and group projects Mind mapping for idea generation Online photo-editing tool; great
features, sleek, easy-to-use interface
URL: doodle.com URL: bubbl.us
ALSO TRY: meetomatic.com, ALSO TRY: mindmeister.com, URL: picnik.com
timetomeet.info cacoo.com ALSO TRY: photoshop.com,
picasaweb.google.com
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