The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism published this superb list of a dozen data analysis and visualization tools. Useful both for computer-assisted reporting and visual storytelling.
In addition, Jody Brannon and members of the Online News Association Educators group assembled the following list of mostly free storytelling tools.
Audio
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/ Like YouTube, but for audio, and it has some cool features like timed comments and creating groups around topics. Some journalism-related samples.
Cover It Live: http://coveritlive.com/
Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com/en/ Royalty-free music
Video
VYou: http://vyou.com/: conversational video
LongTail Video: http://www.longtailvideo.com/: open-source video player
AutoTune the News: http://www.youtube.com/show/autotunethenews
Charts
Google Fusion Tables: http://www.google.com/fusiontables
High Charts: http://www.highcharts.com/: Interactive javascript charts
Timelines
TimeToast: http://timetoast.com/
Dippity: http://www.dipity.com/
Intersect: http://intersect.com/
Capzles: http://www.capzles.com/ Social timelines
Mapping
MindMeister: http://www.mindmeister.com/
Google Maps: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html
Crowd Map: http://crowdmap.com/
Visuals
krapano: http://krpano.com/ Panoramas
Animoto: http://animoto.com/ Video slideshow maker
Custom Sign Generator: http://www.customsigngenerator.com/church.asp
Wordle: http://wordle.net/
Packaging
Projeqt: http://projeqt.com/: “Creative storytelling platform” still in beta and in HTML5
Storify: http://storify.com/: NPR example on Gifford shooting
PhotoFlip: http://www.digicrafts.com.hk/components/photo-flip-cs
Write on Glass: https://www.writeonglass.com/#help: a virtual sheet of glass that lies over the entire internet … [to] share your thoughts … by literally placing notes and embedding pictures or videos on top of any website.
SoundSlides: http://soundslides.com/
VuVox: http://vuvox.com/
Document Cloud: http://www.documentcloud.org/home
PhotoSnack: http://www.photosnack.com/
PhotoPeach: http://photopeach.com/
Xtranormal: http://www.xtranormal.com/ make cartoons out of dialogues or two sides of a story
ZooBurst: http://www.zooburst.com/ > create 3D pop-up books
Storybird: http://storybird.com/: art-inspired collaborative storytelling
Collaborations
Google Sites: http://sites.google.com/
Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/
Stroome: http://www.stroome.com/: group video editing
WikiSpaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/content/wiki
WetPaint: http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/
Embedding Presentations
Scribd: http://scribd.com/ Documents shared. Example: Libyan uprising
Slideshare: http://slideshare.com/
Experimentation
VisionCloud: http://visioncloud.com/ “In the future cloud computing should provide flexibility, rich services, allowing users to do more with large amounts of data.”
Aggregation Tools
Paper.li: Read Twitter and Facebook in a newspaper-style format.
SEO Essentials
Open Site Explorer: http://opensiteexplorer.org/
Google Search Insights: http://google.com/insights/search
Google AdWords Selector: https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Open Graph Protocol http://ogp.me/
Wireframing / layouts
HotGloo: http://www.hotgloo.com/
Cacoo: http://cacoo.com/
Mockingbird: http://mockingbird.com/
Site Development
WriteMaps: http://writemaps.com/ > Create, edit and share sitemaps
Google Site Performer: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=158541
WidgetBox: http://www.widgetbox.com/galleryhome/
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