These links will help you learn more about social networking software and sites:
The digital revolution in health reporting – This comes from a recent session that our San Francisco chapter held. The article has some good tips and the PowerPoint hits on some key points about blogging. But perhaps most useful is the audio of the whole session – including the audience Q&A.
Twitter for health journalists – This has an explanation of what it is, how to get started and how to find useful and interesting people to follow.
An introduction to digital audio recording – It's just what it says it is, with some advice on picking equipment.
New journalism is not just about glitzy story-telling – This explains some of the Web tools that you may hear about but not completely understand. And it makes the – I think – important point that fundamentally journalists' jobs haven't changed, but there are new tools to help you do your job.
Multimedia tools for telling stories – This tip sheet links to some of the best places to learn specific multimedia skills and terms.
Tips for Web writing, headlines and blurbs – You have to write differently for the Web. This tip sheet tells you how to do it.
Multimedia tools for telling stories: Shooting your own stories with a camcorder – AHCJ member Joy Robertson takes her camcorder everywhere with her. She has learned to shoot and edit her own stories and she offers some great – very practical – tips for shooting video.
So why aren't you twittering yet?
New York Times' guidelines on using Facebook
Michelle Rafter's WordCount blog (oriented toward freelance life)
Michelle Nicolosi's Print to Online blog (helps journalists gain online skills)
Wired Journalists (blogs on digital stuff in newsrooms)
On a lighter note, see Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee discuss Twitter.
Articles and audio
The digital revolution in health reporting, from a panel presented by the SF Bay Area chapter of AHCJ
