Poynter offers tips on digital tools you should find the time to try

You probably know this feeling: Some smart person is telling you about all these great digital tools you could be using to improve your stories, your workflow, your reporting, your life—and you’re thinking, “Yeah, that sounds great. If only I had time to learn how to use these tools. But I don’t.”

Ren LaForme, an interactive learning producer at Poynter, writes that he heard that complaint recently from a reporter and entrepreneur “after I rattled off a list of media innovations and digital journalism tools for a small crowd at The LAB Miami.” In a post headlined Digital tools you should have been using in 2014, LaForme writes:

Adding a vetted suite of digital tools to your repertoire can make your job easier and your work more engaging, but knowing how to fit them into your old recipes can be tough. Here are a few that gained popularity among journalists in 2014 and, more importantly, how they can fit into your workflow.

The tools are organized under ‘Sourcing,” “Reporting,” “Publishing” and “Engaging Audiences.” I’m particularly interested in the recording app Cogi, which caches the last few moments until you tap to start recording. It looks like the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a real-life version of that DVR button that allows you to rewind a few seconds at a time, but more importantly, it looks like it can be a great reporting tool.

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