These 9 tools or websites will make your newsgathering and monitoring process easier and less time consuming.

1. 9 Tools you NEED as a
journalist for the best
newsgathering and
monitoring!
By Angie Elgharably

2. At first you need
to know the two
important
fundamentals of
newsgathering
that
will make your
life so much
easier
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1- Sources
2- keywords

3. Sources
W E K N O W W H E R E
T H E I N F O R M A T I O N
W I L L C O M E F R O M ,
B U T N O T W H A T
F O R M I T
W I L L T A K E .

4. 2-Keywords
we know what form the
information will take, but
not where it will
come from.

5. Important
Tip
Familiarize yourself with the
keywords and hashtags that are
used in your area.
How people talk?
What type of
phrases they use?
Do they swear?
Do they use
acronyms?

6. Now, lets learn about 9
websites/tools that will
make your life easier as a
journalist:

7. www.followerwonk.com
This website is fantastic for
audience research, content
creation and overall
digital strategy.
It has a super advanced
search engine for twitter
and It has the ability to sort
followers based on
connection type, and social
authority.
All in all, it connects you with
the right people and thats
what makes it so speacial.
#1

8. LinkedIn is the world's largest professional
network on the internet.
You can connect with the world’s most prominent
professionals and get to
talk to and interview all the people you want to
gather the news you need directly.
#2 www.Linkedin.com

9. www.dashboards.com
#3
One of the best
websites in which
You can identify
and learn about
the trends you
need in your
newsgathering
process.
Always remember
that being aware of
the latest relevant
trends is very
important for you as
a journalist

10. www.crowdtangle.com
#4
This website will help publishers
(A.K.A YOU) identify great trends,
and stories as well as measure
the social performance, and
identify influencers. It's commonly
used by newspapers, television
stations, digital media outlets, and
investigative journalists such as
yourself.

11. www.crowdtangle.com
ALSO lets you view the
performance of your
social profiles on
Facebook, Instagram,
and Reddit. It also offer
Cross-platform reports
in order to give a
comprehensive view at
your total social
performance.

12. www.tweetdeck.com
#5
This website lets you
view multiple timelines
in one easy interface.
It also helps you to
built tweet
connections.
It will make you twitter
experience so much
easier.
Dont forget that
Twitter is a very
important website for
journalists!

13. www.trackreddit.com
It allows you to receive
notifications from your
tracking campaigns via
email or text in order to
be updated all the time
with the newest stories
and news.
The good thing about is
that it also filters the
type of news to your
liking.
What you can also do is
that You can
broadcast any one of
your tracking
campaigns on a public
URL.
#6

14. www.firstdraftnews.com
#7
This website is a global network for journalists that
Helps with the identification of misleading and
fabricated content that will of course affect your
news gathering process.
False information might ruin your work so please
take care!

15. THIS WEBSITE ALLOWS
YOU TO PERFORM THE
NORMAL INSTAGRAM
FUNCTIONS THAT YOU
USUALLY USE SUCH AS
SHARING, LIKING AND
COMMENTING. ALSO,IT
HAS THE ABILITY TO
SEARCH FOR CONTENT
BY KEYWORD, TAG AND
USERNAME
www.photodesk.com
#8

16. REMEMBER
EARLIER WHEN I
MENTIONED
THAT
KEYWORDS IS
ONE OF THE
TWO
FUNDEMENTALS
OF NEWS
GATHERING?
www.photodesk.com also has the
ability to search by Location
Not all places use the same
keywords when searching for
something.

17. F O R E X A M P L E :
T H E
C O R O N A V I R U S
H A S H T A G W A S
C R E A T E D I N M A N Y
W A Y S S U C H A S
# C O N O N A N R V I R U E S
# C O R O N A V I R U S
# C O R O N A R V I R U S
A N D M O R E !
T H A T S W H Y Y O U N E E D
T O F A M I L I R I Z E
Y O U R S E L F W I T H A L L
T H E D I F F E R E N T
K E Y W O R D S A N D
H A S H T A G S T H A T
A T T E M P T T O G I V E T H E
S A M E M E A N I N G

18. #9
www.pipl.com
Pipl.com is a really good search
engine that that you need as a
journalist. It searches the social web
for credible information and details
for contacts.
The website/tool allows you to search
for content by name, username,
location, and even age groups.
Pipl.com gives very detailed results
from different sources, such as
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more.
It helps you to track down the source
of newsworthy content such as
images or video.

19. Finally,
Good Luck!
Just know that Newsgathering is a
very tricky process and for some
journalists its a very costly one.
These tools will help you with
newsgathering, monitoring,
inspiration and more.

20. Get in
touch!
Email:
angie_yasser@aucegypt.edu
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