Here's my new storify

Using Storify

Here's a nifty tool to help you add social media and lots of other elements to your stories. We've been adding Tweets to blog posts, but a program called "Storify" lets you add not only Tweets but a LOT more.

Plus, it's fun and easy to use. Today in class, we'll learn how to do it.

Here's a Storify story I did in 2013 about Pope Francis.

Add social media to your blog!

Think about digging around in Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media to add some zip to your blogs.

For example, if you're writing about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, you can show your readers the flavor of the national discussion by adding some tweets, like this one:

Indiana family says their pizzeria won’t cater gay weddings #ReligiousFreedomRestorationAct http://t.co/BLYXmWBfz5 pic.twitter.com/XiL0xQJwYW
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) April 2, 2015

Or, you could add an opinion like this one:

The #ReligiousFreedomRestorationAct denies my rights, our rights, human rights, and I CANNOT and WILL NOT stand by it #BoycottIndiana (2/2)
— Bernie Matthew (@berniematthew) March 29, 2015

You can also cut and paste a Facebook post that has some news about your topic. Don't rely on these embedded posts or Tweets to tell the whole story, though. You've still got to write a blog post that has some meat to it. (Not like this one!)

The New York Times

1 hr · 

Indiana’s top Republican lawmakers have plans to change a divisive measure billed as a religious freedom law, to make clear that it does not permit discrimination against gays and lesbians. The move comes a day after Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said he would not sign a similar bill.

Indiana Republicans to Revise Rights Bill to Prohibit Discrimination

Lawmakers on Thursday announced plans to revise the measure, making it clear that it does not permit discrimination against gay people.

NYTIMES.COM|BY MONICA DAVEY

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