How to localize anything, a Google tool that could draw attention to your writing, easier data and "citizen" journalism, and fascinating, long-term insights on how people relate to news.

<h4><span style="color: #469ced;">Tools &amp; Tactics</span></h4>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Blottr is a free Android app to help eyewitnesses "create news stories with their mobile devices" <a href="http://t.co/8QyYvMnP" title="http://tnw.co/OAsv29">tnw.co/OAsv29</a></p>&mdash; Kevin Sablan (@ksablan) <a href="https://twitter.com/ksablan/status/221324657964486657" data-datetime="2012-07-06T19:28:05+00:00">July 6, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<h4><span style="color: #469ced;">Tips &amp; Techniques</span></h4>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>5 ways journos can localize global issues, events <a href="http://t.co/zZ3TmkGx" title="http://bit.ly/NsNph3">bit.ly/NsNph3</a> "Even the broadest global issue can be examined through a local lens"</p>&mdash; Poynter (@Poynter) <a href="https://twitter.com/Poynter/status/221254140301553665" data-datetime="2012-07-06T14:47:52+00:00">July 6, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<h4><span style="color: #469ced;">Innovation &amp; Experiments</span></h4>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Let’s explode the myth that <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523datajournalism">#datajournalism</a> is ‘resource intensive,' from @<a href="https://twitter.com/paulbradshaw">paulbradshaw</a> <a href="http://t.co/idyLeZOM" title="http://bit.ly/M14ktd">bit.ly/M14ktd</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523ddj">#ddj</a></p>&mdash; AccelerateJournalism (@journaccel) <a href="https://twitter.com/journaccel/status/223054499550474241" data-datetime="2012-07-11T14:01:51+00:00">July 11, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<h4><span style="color: #469ced;">Reports &amp; Articles</span></h4>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>In Search of a “500-Year Plan” for Achieving News Literacy <a href="http://t.co/Gol8g01C" title="http://bit.ly/M1uig2">bit.ly/M1uig2</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/AshokaNews">AshokaNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%2523medialiteracy">#medialiteracy</a></p>&mdash; AccelerateJournalism (@journaccel) <a href="https://twitter.com/journaccel/status/223040327102119937" data-datetime="2012-07-11T13:05:32+00:00">July 11, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<h4><span style="color: #469ced;">People &amp; Collaboration</span></h4>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Why journalists should care about Google Authorship and SEO: <a href="http://t.co/wKSE7bwY" title="http://ow.ly/c99Ho">ow.ly/c99Ho</a> by @<a href="https://twitter.com/saduros">saduros</a> "Writing is the new superpower" @<a href="https://twitter.com/tracysamantha">tracysamantha</a></p>&mdash; Orbit Media Studios (@orbiteers) <a href="https://twitter.com/orbiteers/status/222771073681330176" data-datetime="2012-07-10T19:15:37+00:00">July 10, 2012</a></blockquote>
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