13 free tools to analyze, display data from the Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference: BusinessJournalism.org

The annual Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference that concluded in Raleigh, N.C., on Sunday was extraordinarily rich in useful free tool for all sorts of data analysis and visualization, thanks to invitations accepted by computer scientists from Google, MIT, Stanford and the like. Here are links to 13 of these free tools that I found to be particularly useful for data analysis in journalism:

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The Top 5 Websites To Spark Your Creativity - makeuseof.com

Where should you turn to when you need an idea to set off an entrepreneurial endeavor or escape the shackles of writer’s block? If this was the 20th Century, you might have no choice but to sit around and think for a while, hoping that something might spark your creativity and an idea will just pop into your head. But this is the 21st Century, and there are tons of websites out there that can give a much-needed spark to your creativity. Here are five of the best.

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Online Mind Mapping and Brainstorming Templates - MindMeister

Hot off the press is a series of new mind-mapping templates by Mindmeister. Here are some excellent mindmaps already constructed around topics such as on-line business and monetisation; social media frameworks; best visualisation search networks and many other topics.

Altogether there is over 11,000 templates on this site so it is a great resource and certainly worth having a look.