DFM chat on new digital tools for journalism

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking about new digital tools: What are they, what they do, how to use them in journalism.

 The live feed is posted below. But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can automatically appear below.

Curated discussion about content curation

The following are highlights of today's Digital First Media chat discussion about content curation in journalism.

DFM chat on content curation

Journalists, members of Digital First Media and pretty much everyone else who wants to - are going to be taking part on the weekly Twitter chat Wednesday at noon, Eastern Time.

Today we're talking about content curation: Why, how, best practices, copyright concerns and whatever else is on your mind.

 The live feed is posted below (and yes, I'm using ScribbleLive instead of CoverItLive). But you can also follow the chat here or here or also here. And you can also check out past chats over here.

If you want to chime in, just post a tweet with the hashtag "#dfmchat" so it can automatically appear below.

How to post your Instagram photos directly to Blogger from your phone

Instagram lets you post your photos directly to Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Flickr. But what if you want to post quickly and directly to Blogger from your mobile device?

Here's what you have to do.

1. On your Blogger profile. Hit "Settings" and set up an email address under "Posting using email." You'll need at least a four-character secret word. It would be something like "LOGINNAME.SecretWord@blogger.com."
2. In Instagram,  Pick up the photo you want. Hit the "..." icon at the bottom right of the image.
3. Instead of hitting 'Share post," hit "Email photo." Send it to your Blogger email and hit send.


Your subject line will be your title. You can add more text if you want. But the photo will appear like this:

(see full image)

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* If you are using Wordpress, the process is pretty much the same. Here's how to set up your special email.

* There is a widget for blogger, which displays your latest Instagrams on the side.

http://badgeplz.com/

 * If using a desktop,  you can visit http://statigr.am search for the image you want (not just yours), Pin them to pinterest, and grab the Embed code for your image and post it in Blogger, so it displays much bigger. Here's how.

*  For more images, here's how to make a slideshow withPinterest and Instagram images with Storify. 

How to make a live blog with a Google Doc

Before doing this. Check out Digital First media colleague Mandy Jenkins' compendium of alternatives to CoverItLive and Elana Zak's 3 alternatives via 10,000 Words.
This is but one method.