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Don’t just google it!. Wits Power Reporting workshop, Oct 2011 Presented by Izak Minnaar. Investigative journalists’ search tools. Specialised search tools and advanced search techniques Don’t just google it: use the best search tool for the job E ffective ways to search the web - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Don’t just google it!
Wits Power Reporting workshop, Oct 2011
Presented by Izak Minnaar
Investigative journalists’ search tools Specialised search tools and advanced
search techniques Don’t just google it: use the best
search tool for the job Effective ways to search
the web the invisible web social media and real time content
Specialised searches to find the most useful content for stories
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Check the facts; track
competitors
Break the story and spread the
word
Analyse the information
Find and review source
documents
Find the experts; work your contacts
Prep: read up and research the
story
A reporter in action … Interview the
sources
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Search tools Different kinds of search engines
Traditional search engines Database driven web search
Deep web/invisible web searches Specialised/targeted search tools Realtime search (of the social web)
News, blogs, social media Integrated searches
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Search engines Top 3:
Google Yahoo Bing
Multi and meta search engines Bing/Google Yippy Carrot2
Dogpile Mamma
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Search engines New generation search engines -
examples:BiznarFacesearchPiplWolfram-AlphaTouchgraph iResearch Reporter
Which search engine when?Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Let’s search the web …
Search techniques Develop a “document frame of mind” Define the search topic
ask exactly what you want to know use search phrases and quotation marks
Less but better results Explore results options
Cached pages Latest content published: time based results Timeline search Extended results
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Sources and content types Possible sources:
Primary Official Reference Secondary Mediated Multiple Original source documents
The link between content types and file formats
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Targeted searches Search strategies to find source
material: Domain searches Document type searches
Google advanced search Source File type Site/domain Region Date
Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
More on search engines Selection of the Best search tools –
comparison chart Colossus – International directory of
search engines, by country NoodleTools – search strategy guide CyberJournalist SuperSearch Search tools to find videos, audio and
images on the web (Fumsi) Using social networking sites as a
research tool (Fumsi) Online tutorial: Nancy Blachman’s
Google GuideDon’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011
Thank you!
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