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WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE ONLINE?
OWN YOUR BEAT
BUILD EXPERTISE
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Own Your Beat+
Build Expertise+
Engage
= TRUST
Build Lists
Write Awesome TweetsInteresting stat – Image – Be Blunt – Be Clear
Another Awesome Tweet
30X NORMALRTs
Another Awesome Tweet
Fun Things Just Because
UnicodeSpark Tweet
Pro Workflow
Hootsuite
Tweetdeck
34% 78%Follow a journoor news org
Incidentally catch news
Privacy
Post Cool Stuff
Also, helpful –>
https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
Reddit + Special Requests
http://bit.ly/AmZamReddit
IMAGES
Basic Photoshop
Alt: http://www.picmonkey.com/
Where to find good, free images
• Government Flickr feeds• Getty Images• Unsplash.com• TheNounProject.com• Google Creative Commons Search• Paparazzi – not for images; good for cropping
Making Graphics
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
1) Twitter advanced search
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
2) Tweetdeck search
Super powerful
http://bit.ly/search-twitter-locales
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
3) TopsyBottlenose
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
4) Facebook groups
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
5)Facebook search
SOURCING/ STORY IDEAS
6) Advanced Detection software
CALLOUTS
http://bit.ly/pp-callouts
VERIFICATION
Who originally uploaded this?Who are their friends or
followers? How long as this account
been active?When was it made? Where was it made?
TIP: Always assume it’s fake
1) Is the account real? 2) Build fact check lists in advance
@antderosa suggests: Local law enforcement, reporters and news orgs
National issue? Try government agencies and politicians
Images
NOPE
Cool Tools
• Google Streetview• Wolfram Alpha• Inspect Element
Handling Corrections
ANALYTICS
1) Tweetreach
ANALYTICS
2)Crowdbooster
ANALYTICS
3) Twitter ads
ANALYTICS
4) Bit.ly