This publication, Leveraging Digital Tools for Journalism Practice, is part of our ongoing commitment to supporting media professionals in embracing innovation while upholding the core values of the journalism profession, such as accuracy, fairness, balance, integrity and accountability, while also protecting themselves and defending media freedom.
Through this resource, we have outlined some of the digital tools and technologies that can enhance journalistic work – from news and information gathering to news processing and fact-checking, as well as telling compelling stories and disseminating the stories and engaging audiences. It also contains information about tools that enhance the security of media professionals, their sources of information, their devices and materials.
This publication is designed not only as a guide, but also as a call to action; for journalists to build their digital capacity and leverage available digital tools and technological devices, for media organisations to invest in digital literacy and, in appropriate cases, provide or procure the required devices and equipment for their journalists, where those tools and devices are not free or where premium versions would best serve the needs of journalists.
