This document discusses how Twitter can help with live event coverage. It provides tips for using Twitter search functions and modifiers to filter tweets and find geolocated or image search results. It also recommends engaging with other journalists on Twitter, using the crowd to source information, and giving proper credit. Third-party tools like Crowdreel, Twitcaps, and Topsy are presented as ways to enhance Twitter searches and analyze hashtag trends over time.

1. TWITTER & LIVE
COVERAGE
CAJ 2012
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2. How Twitter Helps Live Coverage
Immediacy
Keep Up With Other Outlets
Crowdsourcing

3. Using Search Effectively
Twitter Search is very basic
Use advanced modifiers /
Advanced page to narrow
searches

4. Search Tips
● XXXXX -RT
Eliminates searches that start with RT.
Cuts down duplication
● Near:xxxx Within:xxxx mi
Geolocate searches to find results near you
● From:handle / To:handle
Follow a conversation

5. Searching For Images
● Third party tools
Crowdreel / crowdreel.com
Twitcaps / twitcaps.com
Instagram
● Or using search
Search with "yfrog" or "twitpic" or "instagr.am"

6. Use The Crowd Effectively
● Focus on other journalists/media
● Don't be afraid to RT/include them in
liveblogs/other coverage
● Amazing tool for crowdsourcing
● DON'T FORGET TO CREDIT

7. Topsy / topsy.com
● Third-party search engine
● Great for digging up archival tweets (twitter
search doesn't archive for very long)
● Looks at trending topics (eg. compare
hashtags)
● Track twitter mentions, hashtag use

8. Basic search using Topsy

9. Hashtag search

10. Compare tags, see trends