Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) "The Freebies List"

This resource list from the Knight Citizen News Network (KCNN) aggregates free multimedia tools for journalists. It aims to help journalists create a low-cost multimedia website. KCNN is a self-help portal that guides both ordinary citizens and traditional journalists in launching and responsibly operating community news and information sites.

The list with its descriptors includes:

• "Search Engine Optimization & Metrics - Simply put, paying attention to your site’s metrics and SEO can increase your traffic.
  
• Content Management Systems - Systems used to manage the content of a Web site.
  
• Slideshows & Presentations - Put together a dramatic slideshow or share presentations across the Web.
  
• Multimedia - When text alone won’t do. Contains links to audio and video editing resources as well as interactive templates.
  
• Advertising - Just how are you supposed to make money with your site?
  
• RSS Readers - Organize your favorite links, blogs and news sites.
  
• E-Newsletters - Get out the word fast with a group email.
  
• Logo and Web Design - Use these resources for your logo and other design needs.
  
• Mapping - ‘Where?’ is best answered by a map.
  
• Wikis and Collaboration - Work together. A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content.
  
• Social Networking - A social network builds online communities of people with similar interests, backgrounds or ideas.
  
• Government Investigative Resources - The role of journalists is to provide a check on government. These links will get you started.
  
• Phone Services - Speak to anyone, around the world, for free.
  
• Other - When all other categories won’t work."