Awesome, Free Tools For You

Medium: Medium is a great writing and collaboration tool, and can be an excellent place to get your writing in front of lots of people.
Ghost: Blogging and Publishing. Free. Open. Simple.
Wordpress: An oldie but a goodie.
Domainr: Fast, free, domain name search, short URLs.
Webflow: Create professional, responsive websites. Without writing code.

Beacon: Crowdfunding great journalism
Kickstarter: Everyone knows what Kickstarter is — but it can be a powerful way to support great journalism
Deeper: Another journalism crowdfunding site
Cont3nt: Like a distributed newswire
Invoice to me: Free Invoice Generator.
Book in a box: Book writing and publishing as a service.

Silk: A tool for data journalism. Go from spreadsheet to analysis to publish-ready visualizations in minutes.
Google Alerts: Monitor the entire internet for keywords
This Quora post with a list of 65 public data sets
Google Trends: See what searches are trending.
NewsDiffs: NewsDiffs tracks changes in articles after publication.
The Research Browser: A web browser designed specifically for research and reporting
MediaToolkit: Get notified immediately when your brand, beat, or another topic you follow is mentioned anywhere online.
Typeform: Free beautiful online survey & form builder.

Trello: An easy, visual way to track the stories your team is working on
Editorial Calendar: See all your posts, drag & drop to manage your blog.
Dropbox: Dropbox keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share.
Sunrise: A great calendar app
Slack: The best chat app, for keeping in touch with your whole team
Rapportive: See people’s LinkedIn profiles right inside Gmail. (This tool is also great for confirming if you’ve correctly guessed someone’s email)
Evernote: Bring your life’s work together in one digital workspace

ReadThisThing: A newsletter featuring one fantastic piece of journalism each day.
Nuzzel: The super easy way to see news from your friends
Guardian Open Platform: A real-time API with access to The Guardian’s journalism
Reddit: The front page of the internet
Twitter: Some people still don’t see how powerful this tool is. Use it every day.

Transcribe: A text editor designed specifically for transcribing interviews.
OTranscribe: A web app for transcribing interviews.
Audacity: free audio editing tool
Overcast: A powerful yet simple iPhone podcast player.

Meerkat: Tweet live video
Periscope: Explore the world through someone else’s eyes
Vine: Create short, beautiful, looping videos in a simple and fun way.
WeVideo: The leading online video creation platform for video editing, collaboration, and sharing across any device.

Canva: Super simple graphic design tool.
Pixlr: Pixlr Editor is a robust browser photo editor.
Kraken: Image optimization
Unsplash: Free, beautiful, high-resolution photos that you can do anything you want with

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