Design Tool for Non-Designers
Canva makes it simple to create headers and visual elements for websites, social media pages, and a whole lot of other things.
Design Guide
I like this Pixel Perfect Guide to digital design principles by UsTwo. Useful reading + rules of thumb.
Image sizing
TinyPNG is a free web-based service that shrinks PNG files to a size suitable for posting online. They smoodge JPGs now too. Just brilliant.
Image Editing
Pic Monkey is a fantastic freemium web-based photo editing service. Super easy to use.
Guide to Local Government
A guide for journalists (or anyone, really) on how local government works in New Zealand. Published each year by the Local Government Association.
Down for Everyone?
Find out whether a website that won’t load is Down for Everyone or Just Me.
Inflation Calculator
Use the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Inflation Calculator to see what $x now would have bought you in the past.
Embeddable Timelines
TimelineJS is an open source tool that lets you create “visually-rich interactive timelines in 40 languages.” Created by the Knight Lab.