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Mobile Journalism: A helpful tool for mobile journalists is Root Metrics, which allows you to search by ZIP code and find cell and data performance in your area. Great for studying dead zones and how your audience may (or may not) be accessing your content.

http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/

Journalists need to stay abreast of rapidly changing tools, technologies and techniques in their field. This includes reporters, editors, designers, producers, news directors, etc., etc., in every area and type of journalism.

Journalists’ Toolkit is a free site offering resources to journalists. The kind of resources you will find here are directly related to digital newsgathering and presentation. Current categories are:

  • Audio
  • Blogs and Blogging
  • Design
  • General Info
  • HTML and CSS
  • Tools and Software
  • Video

http://www.jtoolkit.com/wp/