Ezra Eeman presents an overview of advanced search tools and techniques for journalists. The document provides 30+ specific search tools organized into categories like alerts, images, video, translations, location, and social. It also shares tips for refining searches on Google, Google Images, YouTube, and Twitter. Links and brief descriptions are provided for each recommended tool to help journalists find relevant information from diverse sources.

1. Advanced Search
A Journalism Tools Session

2. Hi Everyone!
Ezra Eeman, Founder @Journalism2ls
Senior Strategy & Communication Advisor
@RCAGroup
Before Senior Journalist & Editor in Chief @VMMA
Certified Advanced Google Searcher & Glass Explorer
Fulbright Journalism Award Researcher @CUNY
Graduate School of Journalism/Tow-Knight Center for
Entrepreneurial Journalism, New York
Work/Life/Pleasure: Brussels - Tokyo - New York.

3. Journalism Tools.
A curated collection of
new tools & resources for
the next generation of
journalists.

4. Search: The Basics

6. Questions are the answer
Think in questions. How would you
write the information you are
looking for? What could be near the
search term? Know any synonyms?
q Mind the word order
‘red white’ gives you a
different result as ‘white
red’
Spelling is important,
Capitals are not
a Keep it Simple
Try to search with 2 – 3
words
“ Don’t use sentences
Use combination of words
rather than full sentences
r
Think broad
If you don’t have a lot of
information start with general
queries and narrow down as
you go.
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7. Favorite Google Search Operators
Operator Function Example
search term AND search term Both search terms appear in the
search result. sea AND health
search term OR search term At least one of two or more
search terms appear in the result. Kadafi OR Gaddafi OR Quaddafi
“search term”
Use quotes to search for an exact
word or set of words on a web
page.
“Change will not come if we
wait for some other person or
some other time.”
search term site:domain Get results only from certain sites
or domains. (ex:.gov, .mil,...) accidents site:.gov
search term filetype:document Get results that appear in specific
documents (pdf, xls, doc,...)
address filetype:xls
passwords filetype:pdf

8. Favorite Google Search Operators
Operator Functie Example
number..number Get results that contain numbers
in a given range. 1993..1995
link:website Find pages that link to a certain
page link:google.com
search term * search term
Add an asterisk within a search as
a placeholder for any unknown or
wildcard terms.
The president of *
search term –search term exclude all results that include a
certain word.
speed jaguar -auto-search
term AROUND(number)
search term
Look for a word near another
word. violence AROUND(5) Ferguson

9. Google Advanced Search

10. Google Books
Google Groups
Search online forums and
participate in community
conversations.
Google Scholar
Search and preview millions of
books from libraries and
publishers worldwide
A simple way to broadly search for
scholarly literature
Even more Google...

11. 30+ SEARCH TOOLS

12. 1. Alerts
Monitor the web for interesting new
content.
Google Alerts
Talkwalker
Mention

13. 2. Images
Use Google Images as a search engine
for news and sources.
1. Try different search terms
2. Filter on size, color, type, time,...
3. Do a reverse search by dragging a
picture in the search window.

14. Google Goggles
Camfind
Take a picture with Camfind to
learn more about any object (iOs)
Tineye
Android app for searches
based on pictures
A reverse image search engine.
Give it an image and it will tell you
where the image appears
on the web.
Images

15. 3. Video
Search through hundreds of millions of
news videos & viral content
YOUTUBE
LIVELEAK
DAILYMOTION

16. Youtube Advanced Search
20 Search
20 video search engines in one list
Bellingcat
Searching videos on YouTube
is simple but if you know a few
advanced search tricks, it becomes
even more accurate
Great resource featuring tutorials
on how to geolocate videos
Video

17. 4. Translations
By searching in other languages you can
find alternative and/or more accurate
results.
1. Set Google to another language. =>
Egypte: google.com.eg
2. Translate your search terms
3. Use Chrome for instant translation
of web pages

18. Google Translate
Newspapermap
Find and translate all newspapers
in the world
Word Lens
Instantly translates text and web
pages
App that can translate words and
language it sees in real time
Translations

19. 5. Location
Map-based search can help you
1. Find and check addresses.
2. Satellite-view: check terrain
properties and track changes.
3. Street-view: home numbers,
checking locations and views,..
4. Location-specific news filtering

20. Google Maps & Google Earth
Flash Earth
Satellite and aerial imagery of the
earth in flash
Google Maps Engine
Starting place for all location-based
search
Create and visualize
custom geospacial data
Location

21. 6. Social
Fastest way to find information about
individuals and companies.
1. Address, work, hobbies,...
2. Friends, relatives, network,...
3. Pictures, videos,..
4. Contact details
5. Starting point for crowdsourcing
information
6. ...

22. Social Mention
Geofeedia
Location-based social media
monitoring
Peek You
A social media search engine that
searches user-generated content
People search engine allows you to
find and contact anyone online.
Find social links, photos, work
history, alumni info, family and
more.
Social Search

23. Twitter Advanced Search
Tweetdeck
Best journalism tool for
monitoring Twitter. Real time
updating, a powerful search tool,
and easily movable columns
Tweepz
Useful and powerful to search
twitter with multiple criteria.
A clever way to find out who to
follow
Twitter

24. Graph Search
PicDeck
Filter Instagram via hashtags or
users
Linkedin for Journalists
Advanced search function of
Facebook. Find more of what
you're looking for on and discover
connections between people,
places and things
Tips & tricks for journalists using
Linkedin
Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin

25. Links
Alerts
Google Alerts Updates/emails based on keywords https://www.google.com/alerts
Talkwalker Alternative for Google Alerts http://www.talkwalker.com/en/alerts/
Mention Alternative for Google Alerts https://en.mention.com/google-alerts
Images
Google Images Place to start your image search http://images.google.com/
Google Goggles Searches based on pictures https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.google.android.apps.unveil&hl=en
Camfind Searches based on pictures
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/camfind-search-your-
camera/id595857716?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo
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Tineye Reverse Image Search http://www.tineye.com/

26. Links II
Video
Youtube Search Engine for Video https://www.youtube.com
Liveleak Search Engine for Video http://www.liveleak.com/
Dailymotion Search Engine for Video http://www.dailymotion.com
Youtube Advanced Search Advanced Search for Youtube https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/
111997?hl=en
20 Search 20 video search engines on one page http://www.20search.com/video.php
Bellingcat Tutorials on how to geolocate videos http://www.blinkx.com/
Translations
Google Translate Translate everything https://translate.google.com/
Newspapermap Read all the newspapers in the world in your own
language http://newspapermap.com/
Word Lens Translate images https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/word-lens/
id383463868?mt=8

27. Links III
Location
Google Maps Place to start location search https://www.google.be/maps/
Flash Earth Alternative for Google Maps http://www.flashearth.com/
Maps Engine Make custom searchable maps https://mapsengine.google.com/map/
Social Search
Social Mention Search engine for social media http://socialmention.com/
Geofeedia Geolocate & monitor social media http://geofeedia.com/
Peekyou People search engine http://www.peekyou.com/
Twitter
Advanced Twitter Search Just what it promises: advanced search on twitter https://twitter.com/search-advanced
Tweetdeck Monitor Twitter https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck
Tweepz Who do you need to follow on twitter on certain
topics? During breaking news? http://tweepz.com

28. Links IV
Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin
Facebook Graph Search Advanced Search on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-journalists/
how-journalists-can-use-facebook-graph-
search-for-reporting/543504605661558
Pickdeck Tweetdeck for Instagram http://picdeck.co/
Linkedin for Journalisten Resource to get more out of Linkedin http://press.linkedin.com/linkedin-for-journalists

29. And even more search tools...
Alternative Search Engines
Topsy Search engine http://topsy.com
Dmoz Search in directories http://www.dmoz.org/
Search Carrot Search engine that lists subjects http://search.carrot2.org
Ice Rocket Blog Search Excellent blog search engine http://blogs.icerocket.com/?&q=
Wolfram Aplha Semantic search engine http://www.wolframalpha.com
Tor Search the deep web https://www.torproject.org/
Website information
Domaintools Domain information http://www.domaintools.com/
Wayback Machine Internet Archive. Great for finding old web pages http://archive.org/web/web.php
Change Detection Track changes on web pages http://www.changedetection.com/

30. Even more search tools:
http://www.pinterest.com/
journalismtools/search/

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