firefox


Medill Washington: Understanding data to be a better reporter

Saturday, 24 October 2009, 13:18

"At Medill, we’re using a Firefox add-on called SQLite. It’s small, fast and free; in other words, it’s perfect for a journalist on deadline."

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Help Me Investigate: How to customise your browser for effective online research

Friday, 4 September 2009, 16:48

"A few hand-picked add-ons that are tailored for serious online research can take your browsing to another level…."

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Rhetorica: Press-Politics Journal: Spotting the Spin in SpinSpotter

Saturday, 13 September 2008, 10:15

"The Firefox plug-in called SpinSpotter was just introduced this week, and it's already creating a stir. Can software "de-spin the news, expose the slant and bias, separate the facts from axe-grinding opinion"?"

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 Friday, 27 July 2007, 17:44 0

Simon Dickson can’t use the BBC iPlayer: "Er, no: not on Vista, not on Firefox. I’ll try it all again later, when I find a slightly older PC."

 Friday, 20 July 2007, 16:48 0

First Facebook acquisition: a startup run by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, co-founders of the Mozilla Firefox open-source web browser. Ross and Hewitt will join Facebook’s development team.

 Saturday, 14 July 2007, 13:00 0

"This Firefox extension is a handy menu tool for investigators, reporters … online researchers and anyone interested in doing their own basic people searches and public record lookups as well as background research."