Crowdsourcing, source-finding, social search and curation tools for journalism. Seminar originally given at Toronto Newstrain, 9/13-14.

1. Tap Into the Crowd
Mandy Jenkins @mjenkins
Toronto NewsTrain #TORSocial

2. What is Crowdsourcing?
• When
you
call
on
your
readers/followers
to
contribute
to
a
story
• Calls
for
content,
news
7ps
and
story
sources
• Can
be
breaking
or
long-­‐term
• Involve
a
li?le
or
a
lot
of
informa7on

3. Breaking
News
Crowdsourcing

4. Before
You
Crowdsource
• Be
engaged
in
the
social
community
• Build
Twi?er
lists
of
key
contacts
• Have
a
plan
for
when
you
can’t
plan
• Incorporate
into
story-­‐planning

5. When News Breaks
• Open
keyword
searches
• Monitor
key
Twi?er
lists
• Have
reporter
or
news
org
start
twee7ng
live
to
get
and
share
info

6. Transparency Helps
•
Say
what
you
know
•
Say
what
you
don’t
know
•
Say
what
you
want/need
to
know
•
Don’t
spread
rumors
•
Vet
sources
&
informa7on
•
Ask
ques7ons
as
you
gather
info
•
RT
with
context,
note
if
it's
verified

7. Find Sources Fast

8. Search.Twitter.Com/advanced
Search
by
keywords,
loca7on,
7me
Search
quickly
-­‐
before
the
stream
is
taken
over
by
reac7on

9. When
You
Find
a
Source
• Connect
with
eyewitnesses,
get
contact
info
• Follow
who
you
reach
out
to
• Have
them
wait
for
a
reporter
on
scene
• Verify!

11. • Search
venues
on
Foursquare.com
• “Mayor”
is
great
source
for
info
about
a
business
or
venue
(employee
or
regular
customer)

12. Search
Nearby
With
Ban.Jo

13. Search
By
Loca>on:
Geofeedia

14. Locating Sources

15. Find
TwiBer
Experts
• Twellow.com
• Listorious.com
• Tweepz.com
• Twiangulate.com
• Muckrack.com

16. Search
Older
Tweets

17. Facebook
Search

18. LinkedIn
Search

19. Crowdsourcing Projects

20. Google Docs
• Gathering
info
using
Forms
• Results
flow
into
a
shareable
spreadsheet
• Can
do
surveys

21. Collect
Reader
Contribu>ons

22. Collect
and
Share
Sources

23. Crowdsourced
map:
Google
Maps

24. Crowdsourced
map:
MapaList

25. Crowdsourced audio: Soundcloud

26. What
is
cura>on?
(n)
The
act
of
organizing
and
maintaining
a
collec7on
of
media
and
informa7on
around
a
par7cular
subject
or
area.

27. Social Bookmarking: Diigo

28. Publish
from
Cura>on
Storify.com

29. Storify:
Add
Readers’
Voices
Into
Your
Story
• Can pull in tweets, public Facebook
comments, photos from Flickr & Instragram
• Pulls in video/audio
• Can import from other Storifys
• Reaction stories, Twitter fights, tell a
dramatic story through others' words

30. Use the Storify Plugin
• Easiest way to save specific tweets
and Facebook updates
• Save specific passages to Storify
• Save stuff for later, for research
• All things saved go to your Storypad

31. Curate Using Timelines
Timeline.verite.co

32. THANKS!
Mandy Jenkins
mjenkins@digitalfirstmedia.com
@mjenkins
Blog: Zombiejournalism.com
These slides & more at
slideshare.net/mandyjenkins
Credits: Steve Buttry originated some slide images, text