New Journalism

Content curation tool Storify is now directly accessible to all WordPress users. A new plugin allows to take advantage of all of the powerful aggregation, search and curation features available in Storify, right inside your WordPress account.

 

Key features of the Storify WP Plugin include:

 

Embed stories with ease — simply paste the URL to the story, and WordPress takes care of the rest.
  Easily add your stories to posts — just click the Storify button in the standard WordPress editor, and select from a list of your most recent stories.
  Create new stories and edit existing ones right from your WordPress dashboard.
  Adds SEO-friendly versions of your stories to each post, ensuring that your stories get properly index by search engines.
  Allows users with filtered html restrictions to embed stories.
  Extensive API to customize the plugin's functionality to meet your needs

 

Screenshots: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/storify/screenshots/  FAQ: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/storify/faq/  Find out more: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/storify/  (Curated by Robin Good)
Via Robin Good

From the article intro:

 

"...Scott Kubie, who typically goes by Scott Rocketship, was recently laid off from his job at a mobile and web app technology startup.

 

In his quest to find a new gig, the 27-year-old copywriter decided to use Storify to create a unique resume.

 

In the five days since publishing, the Storify has gotten more than 1,150 views and been making the rounds on Twitter. Storify even shared it on its Twitter feed and Facebook page.

 

Rocketship has been lauded by many for his innovation and creativity..."

 

Find out why he decided to create a Storify resume and see the innovative result he got: http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/how-to-use-storify-to-make-an-interactive-resume_b9336 

 

Via Robin Good