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Aim for the Heart: Resources for Journalists

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Aim for the Heart-Third Edition
Handouts and Tutorials
- Ethics by Al
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Story Samples
Editing and Writing
Storm Tools for Journalists
About Al
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Category: Online and Social Media

Alaska media show how to use social media to cover the 7.0 quake

December 1, 2018 al

Anchorage TV stations kept reporting even when a 7.0 earthquake knocked them all off the air and trashed the CBS affiliate KTVA. Journalists who had

Some of the Cool Tools I showed at EIJ 2018

September 28, 2018 al

Legend for iPhone turns words into stunning text animations, in video or animated GIF. Perfect for Instagram, Vine, SMS, iMessage, WhatsApp. You can do subtle images

Jourmnalist AI toolbox

Coding | Vibe coding
Writing with numbers
Elections
Cool AI examples
Gun violence
AI data centers
Sourcing

College Journalism

Nov. 1, 2026: Best of Student Media
Halloween inspo, a Title IX clinic and the trouble with washing machines
For student newsrooms, the midterms present a steep but important learning curve
College journalists are embracing their responsibility to educate and inform campus and community about elections — many for the first time
Oct. 24, 2026: Best of Student Media
Hot dogs, Lizzie Borden and cats!
The open records stonewalling is working
As a student journalist, I get exhausted managing my course load, a newspaper and the records custodians determined to deny us
College journalism is thriving at schools that don’t teach it
Hundreds of college newspapers publish at universities that don't offer journalism majors — and that's no problem for the students.
A ‘reason to be optimistic about the future of journalism’
Connecticut Mirror’s Student Voices program provides the training and platform for young opinion writers — 300-plus and counting

Bellingcat Investigations

How Online Maps Lay Bare the US Military Bases Targeted by Iran
Inside the Secretive, Contradictory World of Campaign Ads Funded by AI Super PACs
EU Satellite Imagery Delayed Over Gaza and Parts of West Bank by 24-hours
Can LLMs Supercharge Geolocations? Our Tests Show Big Improvements But Humans Remain Key
Satellite Images Show Extent of Trump Admin’s Tree-Felling at DC Golf Course

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