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App – Lrn, for learning to code

Learn more about HTML, CSS, Javascript, Python or Ruby during your coffee break or commute with this app

Source: App for journalists: Lrn, for learning to code | Media news

DataBasic.io

DataBasic is a suite of easy-to-use web tools for beginners that introduce concepts of working with data.

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Logcam | iOS video journal app

Logcam is a video journal app for iPhone.

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Newspaper Meme

Meme available for TPA member use courtesy of our friends at the Colorado Press Association

How Facebook’s news feed algorithm works.
Every time you open Facebook, one of the world’s most influential, controversial, and misunderstood algorithms springs into action. It scans and collects everything posted in the past week by each of your friends, everyone you follow, each group you belong to, and every Facebook page you’ve liked. For the average Facebook user, that’s more than 1,500 posts. If you have several hundred friends, it could be as many as 10,000.
Blendle, the Dutch ‘iTunes for news,’ will launch in the U.S. early next year | Poynter.
Blendle, a Dutch “digital newsstand” that allows readers to pay by the article, is coming to the United States early in 2016, the company announced Dec. 9. Source: Blendle, the Dutch ‘iTunes for news,’ will launch in the U.S. early next year | Poynter.
How NYT’s research lab maps the future role of technology in news | Media news
The New York Times research and development lab was established in 2006 and is currently formed of seven engineers, tasked with monitoring and reacting to audience behaviour towards new technological trends. Source: How NYT’s research lab maps the future role of technology in news | Media news  
Record, publish and host podcasts

Journalism tool: Record, publish and host podcasts: Welcome to Cast

Ethics database
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute and the Ethical Journalism Network launched the Accountable Journalism database this week, which includes more than 400 media ethics codes from across the globe, as well as information about various press councils in a user-friendly and searchable Web application. https://www.rjionline.org/…/accountable-journalism-media-co…
How to create immersive stories using Adobe Slate | Media news
The iPad app is now available as a web platform for creating engaging stories using images and text Source: How to create immersive stories using Adobe Slate | Media news
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