Well, briefly, let me tell you the story ... Storify is an online tool that makes it possible to produce a different type of news story. The tool enables you to gather and combine elements from social media like Tweets, videos and photos from one place; no need to search each social media site to find information on your topic. Then, from what you have gathered, you simply pull in the elements you want to include and add commentary to it if you choose. One benefit of using Storify is that you have quick access to a range of information from which you can extract what you believe to be the best for your story. Another is that you do not have to go through a complicated process in order to include images, links, etc. (like I did here to include the Storify logo, from http://twitter.com/Storify, with this blog post). Rather, the process is drag and drop versus copy, paste, convert, format, upload, etc.
From what I know thus far, I think it is a tool worth exploring some more. Early users of this tool include TBD.com, The Washington Post and ABC News. As for the future of this online tool, some in the communication and business fields believe that it may become social media’s content management system.
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