I. Photos

Juxtapose JS

Examples:
Satellite Photos of Japan, Before and After the Quake and Tsunami
NYT T Mag: Model Morphosis

ThingLink

Examples:
NY Magazine’s Approval Matrix
NY Magazine’s One World Trade Center
Map of the Ottawa Shooting
Back to school App pack

360 Panorama

This iPhone app allows you to take 360-degree shots. It costs $1.99, although there are also several free options such as Microsoft’s Photosynth.

Microsoft Photosynth

Examples:
Time Magazine: 1 World Trade Center
NYTimes: View from Haiti
NY Times: US Open
Ground Zero

Slideshows:

Built-in slideshows using editorial WP themes
NextGen gallery
Tribulant Slideshow
Flickr.com

II. Video

Instagram Hyperlapse

Examples:
20 Creative Hyperlapses from Instagram

Frameographer

Stop motion and timelapse ($4.99)

 

U-stream Broadcaster

Live video streaming app

Powtoon: Animation

This is a good tool for animated explainers

 

Full-screen automated video using WP themes

III. Sound

SoundCite

Tool for inserting inline audio

To use this tool, select an audio file. Next visit the SoundCite page. Paste your sound file URL in the space provided and load. Next embed the two sets of code into your WP blog.

IV. Infographics

Examples:
The DNA of a Secret Service Agent
Basquiat: From SAMO to SOHO to Stardom

Google Fusion Forms

easel.ly

infogr.am

PiktoChart

iChart.net

visual.ly

SiSense

V. Timelines

Timeline JS

VI. Maps

Google Fusion

CartoDB

Create interactive maps from Excel data
NYTimes: Mapping Poverty in America

MapBox

CartoDB’s Odyssey

Example:
48 Hours of Gun Violence
Wimbledon 2014

Storymaps JS

Examples:
Forgotten Homicides
World Cup

SnapMap

Story Map – ArcGIS

VII. Live Blogging & Social Media Aggregators

ScribbleLive

Storify

This social media aggregator is useful for covering topical issues or breaking news.

Rebel Mouse

Use this tool to aggregate all your social media feeds.

Examples:
AOL – Winter Games
MTV Halloween

 

VIII. Quizzes

Poll Daddy

Examples:
Charlie Sheen v Muammar Gaddafi: whose line is it anyway?
AP Social Media Guidelines

IX. Primary Documents

Document Cloud

X. Authoring Platforms

Creatavist (Free)

Klynt (Student rate, 49 Euro)

Shorthand/Immersive ($)

Racontr (Free & $)

Zentrick – Interactive video (Free)

Klynt

Examples:
Words of Jazz
Femmes du Kivu
Raconte-moi les forêts

 

Multimedia Editors:

pixlr.com – photo editor

Audacity – audio editor

Reaper – audio editor