If there is one thing journalists can agree on, it is that time is short. The daily grind can sometimes be exhausting. Between meetings, editorial boards, research, interviews and document reviews, there are only a few hours left at the end of the day to write.
So, any help sounds like a big help. No one wants to waste time on small tasks or seemingly endless activities like re-listening to the interviews you did during the day.
And although there are many discussions out there about the use of technology, there is no denying that in many occasions these tools, when used well, can be a great help at work.
Here are some tools that will definitely make your life easier.
Take note
If there is something that characterizes a journalist, it is his or her notebook. Paper doesn’t seem to be enough for everything they have to write down. But what would you think if we told you that one application is all you need.
It’s Evernote. It’s free, you can write down everything that comes to your mind. The app also allows you to take voice notes that are then transcribed into text documents.
Don’t waste time with transcriptions
Transcribing is perhaps one of the most tedious and time-consuming tasks for a journalist. What if you only had to record your interview, share the file in an app and have the transcript.
Otter is ideal for journalists who require real-time transcriptions.
No mistakes
The credibility of any journalist is also built from the writing. To gain that credibility, the writing can’t have any mistakes.
Sometimes, haste leads us to make those mistakes, so an app like Grammarly can be of great help.
Just copy and paste your text and Grammarly will find and correct the mistakes and even make suggestions to improve the tone of your writing.
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