engaging in breaking news coverage
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These are slides for a workshop on using social media to engage the community in breaking news coverage.TRANSCRIPT
Engaging in Breaking
News CoverageSteve Buttry
Bay Area News GroupSept. 19, 2012
#twutorial
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Ways to engage• Report the unfolding story on social
media• Crowdsource: Ask what people saw,
heard, experienced, shot• Search for eyewitnesses• Find community content• Curate the community’s story
• Watch for videos getting attention (will often see links, mentions on Twitter, Facebook)
• Search keywords on YouTube• Embed in stories, blogs
• Interview by video Hangout, stream live on YouTube (embed in story or blog post)
• Find sources on breaking news stories (Trentonian used to ID homicide victim)
• Posting story boosts search results
• Search keywords• Connect for interviews (&
more photos)• Ask permission to use• Ask about altering of
photo, filters used
• “Mayor” may be source about a business or venue (employee or customer)
• See who has checked in at venue of breaking news story
• Did anyone report something on a tip?• Break story w/ Foursquare “shout”
Other location tools• Banjo• Geofeedia• GatheringPoint
• Effective curation of Sikh temple shooting
• Obama answered questions• Search at searchreddit.com
• Lots of people belong• Search by keywords to identify potential
sources• Can send brief message asking for
interview or confirmation
• Best place to look for people in breaking news stories (can send a message)
• Much content is private• Crowdsourcing (ask on their pages as
well as yours)• Ask for permission to use photos
Searching Facebook:• Use advanced search (click in empty
search window, hit enter)• Click people, pages to narrow by
location, biz pages, etc.• Search Google: “site:Facebook.com” then
search term (show search tools)Tips from Jason McDonald, JM Internet Group
Before the big story breaks• Follow lots of local people (location
search, replies, retweets, check followers)
• Join local conversation• Master Twitter search (advanced)• Promote local #hashtag taxonomy
(#okstorm, #tcunews)• Use Twitter routinely on your beat
Before the big story breaks• Build local following • Join local conversation• Master Twitter search (advanced)• Promote local #hashtag taxonomy
(#okstorm)• Use Twitter routinely on your beat
When the big story breaks• Twitter Search
(advanced)• Connect w/ witnesses• Crowdsource• Tweet early & often• Seek verification• Address rumors (say
what you don’t know)• Seek photos
• Converse• Answer questions• Thank contributors• Promote fresh content• Link to new reports
(even competitors’)• Be human (fun where
appropriate)
Crowdsource
Crowdsource
Say what you don’t know
Storytelling tweets
Key facts
Unfolding story
Tweet photos
Vetting tweeps, verifying info• Check full Twitter stream, profile• Connect on phone, in person• Check location (not 100% reliable)• Others verifying? Clusters, not echos• Photos? • Other sources, other tweeps• Ask, “How do you know that?”
More on verificationCraig Silverman tips:
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/eight_simple_rules_for_doing_a.php
Mandy Jenkins tips:http://zombiejournalism.com/2011/09/b-s-detection-for-journalists
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NPR’s Andy Carvin
“I think curation has always been a part of journalism; we just didn't call it that.” – quoted in The Atlantic by Phoebe Connelly
What is curation?Museum curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant
content (other sources & museum collection)
• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents exhibit
Journalism curator:• Studies topic• Chooses relevant
content (social media, blogs, staff)
• Authenticates• Groups related items• Provides context• Presents collected
content
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