The document provides tips for newsgathering and monitoring social media. It recommends focusing on key words and languages that are relevant to contentious issues and considering cultural biases. It also lists specific tools that can be used to find sources on social media platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Reddit, and Snapchat as well as tools for monitoring social media conversations.

1. Newsgathering and Monitoring Social
Media
By:Amira Dakroury

2. Fundamentals of online newsgathering
• Sources and Keywords are crucial
• They lead to each others
Sources Key words

3. Key words and languages
• Think about what people talk online
about contentious issues
• That may not be how you would talk
about
• Consider your own biases
• Slang, swear words, acronyms, hashtags

4. Key words and languages
• Consider different languages
• Take care of different cultures
• Comments sections are a goldmine
• Check even wrong spellings

5. Boolean search
• Coronavirus And “self-isolating And I'm
• (Coronavirus OR Covid-19) And isolation
• (coronavirus Or covid*) Not covid-18

6. How to Find Sources

7. Take a Look on others lists on Twitter

8. Use Followerwonk.com

9. Find people on Linkedin.com

10. Get the best use of the search bar

11. Use search filters on Facebook

12. Use Crowdtangle tool

13. Monitoring social media

14. Tweet lists drop icon

15. Monitor over performing on crowed tangle

16. Use Viral Alert tool

17. Use google alert tool

18. Use Picpanze for Instagram

19. Use Trackreddit.com

20. Use Map.snapchat