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Reporting Tools iQreporters Might Find Useful at the NEM

Filed Under iQreport 

It’s official. I’m an iQreporter with the United Equality New Media team. Our team will be livebloggin’ and tweetin’ all the great stuff going on at the march in DC this weekend. If you’re a fellow team member, here’s a list of tools you might find helpful this weekend. Snag exciting audio, video, and pictures quickly and easily. I personally tested the following:

Trottr: This service allows you to record short audio clips that can be automatically posted to your Twitter account. Clips are approximately 140 – 150 seconds long. You must register your mobile device then connect it to your Twitter account in order to have audio automatically tweeted. It works like a charm. Registration is free.

UberTwitter: This is my favorite Twitter client for the BlackBerry. Hands down, it’s the easiest to use and has the most functionality of any Twitter client I’ve ever used. Adding images and videos to your Twitter update stream is very easy; however, I don’t believe you can add just audio to your Twitter page with this client. I tried a dozen times with no luck. UberTwitter is free.

Google Voice: If you have a Google Voice number, you can use your GV number to record interviews. I only suggest doing this in a bind because the process might be annoying to some people. To record an interview, have your interviewee dial your Google Voice number. When you’re ready to start recording, press the 4 key. When you’re done recording, simply hang up. Please note that your recording must be less than 12 minutes long or it won’t work. I learned that the hard way. Google Voice is free, but you can’t use it without an invite from the Google Gods.

Posterous: This service allows blog posting via email. Use your mobile phone’s email function to send blog posts. I tested this several times and it works very well; however, formatting your posts gets a bit tricky. If you plan to use plain text (no HTML) in your blog post, this will work fine for you.

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