crowdsourcing and curation for journalists
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Crowdsourcing, source-finding, social search and curation tools for journalism. Seminar originally given at Toronto Newstrain, 9/13-14.TRANSCRIPT
Mandy Jenkins @mjenkins Toronto NewsTrain #TORSocial
Tap Into the Crowd
What is Crowdsourcing? • When you call on your readers/followers to contribute to a story
• Calls for content, news 7ps and story sources
• Can be breaking or long-‐term • Involve a li?le or a lot of informa7on
Breaking News Crowdsourcing
Before You Crowdsource
• Be engaged in the social community • Build Twi?er lists of key contacts • Have a plan for when you can’t plan • Incorporate into story-‐planning
When News Breaks • Open keyword searches • Monitor key Twi?er lists • Have reporter or news org start twee7ng live to get and share info
Transparency Helps • Say what you know • Say what you don’t know • Say what you want/need to know • Don’t spread rumors • Vet sources & informa7on • Ask ques7ons as you gather info • RT with context, note if it's verified
Find Sources Fast
Search.Twitter.Com/advanced Search by keywords, loca7on, 7me
Search quickly -‐ before the stream is taken over by reac7on
When You Find a Source
• Connect with eyewitnesses, get contact info
• Follow who you reach out to • Have them wait for a reporter on scene • Verify!
• Search venues on Foursquare.com • “Mayor” is great source for info about a
business or venue (employee or regular customer)
Search Nearby With Ban.Jo
Search By Loca>on: Geofeedia
Locating Sources
Find TwiBer Experts
• Twellow.com • Listorious.com • Tweepz.com • Twiangulate.com • Muckrack.com
Search Older Tweets
Facebook Search
LinkedIn Search
Crowdsourcing Projects
Google Docs • Gathering info using Forms
• Results flow into a shareable spreadsheet
• Can do surveys
Collect Reader Contribu>ons
Collect and Share Sources
Crowdsourced map: Google Maps
Crowdsourced map: MapaList
Crowdsourced audio: Soundcloud
What is cura>on?
(n) The act of organizing and maintaining a collec7on of media and informa7on around a par7cular subject or area.
Social Bookmarking: Diigo
Storify.com
Publish from Cura>on
• Can pull in tweets, public Facebook comments, photos from Flickr & Instragram
• Pulls in video/audio • Can import from other Storifys • Reaction stories, Twitter fights, tell a
dramatic story through others' words
Storify: Add Readers’ Voices Into Your Story
Use the Storify Plugin
• Easiest way to save specific tweets and Facebook updates
• Save specific passages to Storify • Save stuff for later, for research • All things saved go to your Storypad
Curate Using Timelines
Timeline.verite.co
Mandy Jenkins [email protected]
@mjenkins Blog: Zombiejournalism.com
These slides & more at slideshare.net/mandyjenkins
THANKS!
Credits: Steve Buttry originated some slide images, text