互联网记者、自由撰稿人如何利用新媒体工具报道新闻？有大量免费新颖的工具可以使用。本篇文章介绍：
timeline时间线，展示一个新闻的时间顺序。工具地址http://timeline.knightlab.com/
storify故事板，抓取facebook, youtube, twitter社交新闻，任意url链接，flickr照片，soundcloud音频，把各种形式的内容展示到一起。storify可以导出成幻灯片文件，逐张展示画面。http://storify.com/
thinglink，在任意图片添加热点，热点可以是解释性的文字，网址，图片，视频。http://thinglink.com/
panoramio，免费图片库，里面的图片是可以合法引用没有版权保护的。http://panoramio.com/
google mapsengine另一种谷歌地图，可创建自定义路线，添加地图热点位置，添加说明文字和图片视频。http://mapsengine.google.com/
需要说明的是：国内不可能显示youtube, twitter内容，影响用户体验。国内找不到类似的工具。有的话可以留言我。
案例展示，我利用上面的工具制作了一篇介绍德国科隆大教堂的multimedia项目：
Oh wow! what a nice photo! you recognize where it is? Bingo! We are now in the famous Cologne Cathedral.
Before you start this wonderful journey, please find some useful tips especially for Chinese friends.
move your mouse onto the picture above and let’s see how many popups you can find out. It’s like a game, isn’t it?
Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site.[1] It is Germany’s most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day.
a brief history of this cathedral:
All right, time is limited, you really don’t wanna miss any interesting stuff inside cathedral, what are the hotspots that you ought to see?