Resources

Collaborative Reporting Resources

The Center for Cooperative Media has:

• A database of journalism collaborations from around the world available in English, Spanish and Portuguese;

• Recommended tools;

• Tip sheets and best practice guides;

• A breakdown of the different types of collaborations;

• A Slack group and a newsletter;

• Research on past collaborations.

• Heather Bryant's Project Facet has a collaborative journalism workbook available in English, Spanish and French. It will soon be available in Italian.

• The six types of collaborative journalism and the pros and cons of each, from Nieman Lab.

• Six lessons from collaborative journalism projects, from Global Investigative Journalism Network.

• Ten tips for successful collaborations from 2018 JSK fellows, available in five languages.

• A case study on Electionland 2016.

Collaborative Reporting Tools

Google Drive: Many newsrooms already use Google Docs and Sheets, but not every IT department allows journalists to use their work emails on Google Drive, which requires G Suite.

Slack : This is a useful tool for communicating quickly with partners, sharing news and uploading files.

Trello: This helps with task and project management, and it is especially helpful if you need to collaborate reporting or distribution among teams.

Airtable: A sophisticated tool used for project planning and tracking. You can also use it to collect callout responses.

DocumentCloud: A place to share and store documents.

Datashare: Allows you to analyze documents and extract text from uploaded files.

MuckRock: Allows you to track, send and share FOIA requests all in one place; they'll send payments for you.

Todoist : A useful tool for individual task management that you can use on both desktop and mobile.