Journalist’s Toolbox

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    Fact checking

    Dozens of resources for fact-checking stories, photos, video and more

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    Investigative

    Tools for investigating public officials, government, companies, nonprofits, etc.

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    Public records

    Search public records databases and portals, FOIA and Form 990s, etc.

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    Training videos

    More than 85 training videos on how to use various journalism tools.

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    Business

    Hundreds of tools for covering retail, inflation, investigating companies and much more

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    Math for journalists

    Suck at math? We have calculators, primers and other tools that can help

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    Weather

    Resources for covering winter storms, dangerous cold and flooding

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    First Amendment

    Links to free speech issues, resources for help and much more

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    Ethics

    Features the SPJ Code of Ethics and many other ethics codes in journalism, other industries

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    Diversity

    Resources for covering diversity issues, including style guides, expert source databases and other tools

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    Data journalism

    A deep archive of resources for scraping, cleaning and visualizing data

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    Digital journalism

    Productivity tools, e-newsletters, social media graphics and much more

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    Social media

    Resources for setting up and organizing your social channels, scraping, analytics and more

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    AI tools for journalists

    A collection of artificial intelligence tools for journalists, including guides, research and ethics

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    Productivity

    Dozens of tools to make you more efficent reporter, editor and manager

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    Graphics | video | social

    Use these tools to enhance your social media posts and videos

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    COVID-19 resources

    More than 750 links to resources on vaccines, data, mandates, flu and much more

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    Global reporting

    Resources for writing about global trade, economies, politics, military and more

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    Expert sources

    Need a diverse expert’s viewpoint for a story? We have dozens of databases that can help

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    Mobile journalism

    Mobile reporting apps, research on mobile journalism and tools for building apps

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    Digital security

    A long list of tools and guides to keep you, your sources and your data safe

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    Transcription tools

    Dozens of tools — free and paid — for transcribing audio interviews

  • Broadcast journalism

    A deep list of resources for TV broadcasters, podcasters and more

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    Copy editing

    Tools for editing stories, fact-checking, headline writing and more

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    Mental health

    Resources for covering mental health issues and also links for journalists seeking help

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