“How to find stories by newsgathering and monitoring the social web | Webinar”

1. Newsgathering and
Monitoring on Social Web
By: Fatma Eissa Omar

2. Core of Newsgathering
Sources Keywords

3. Tools and Techniques in Newsgathering
The types of sources and the relevant keywords might differ, but the fundamental
approach remains the same.

4. Search Engines Play Vital Role in Filtering
the Information Available on the Internet
● Google
● Yahoo
● Bing
● Yandex
● DuckDuckGo

5. Boolean Operators
They connect your search words together to either narrow or broaden
your set of results.
The three basic boolean operators are: AND, OR, and NOT
❖ AND : Return results with all specified terms
❖ OR : Return results with any specified terms
❖ NOT : Return results without specified terms

6. REMEMBER:
Date search is one of the most important tools of Google
search engine.

7. It is always good to know where to search
your information.
For example, if you want to search a piece of information in China, it is
good to use Baidu.
If you want to search for content in Russia or East European countries,
Yandex is your Go-To.
Also, DuckDuck Go will help you search for content without tracking your
search history.

8. Monitoring - Stay Connected
- It is useful to stay apprised of new and relevant information surfacing
on the web and social media.
- You can turn on notifications on Google alerts and receive
notifications on new content you are interested in.

9. Twitter
Twitter is considered one of the most crucial platforms that helps
journalists in Newsgathering and News reporting.
Although, it does not have as many users as Instagram and Facebook have,
it still perfect for short, sharp bursts of information due to its:
- Simple interface
- Character limitation
- Option to organize timeline chronologically

10. Twitter
Search for the words that people may use when attending a protest or an
event.
“(I OR me OR my OR we OR our OR us OR “just saw”
OR just seen) AND (coup OR demonstration OR
protests OR enough)”
Twitter’s Advanced Research enables you to look for content relevant to
your search history whether its a link or a video or just a tweet.

11. TweetDeck
You are missing out of you haven’t used TweetDeck so far!
It is one of the most enjoyable and easy tools for navigating Twitter.
It allows you to display an unlimited number of columns
- with different tweets from lists
- Search strings
- Certain accounts or activity all together updating in real-time.

12. Tweetbeaver
Again, helps you find common friends and conversations between two accounts.
In addition to the ability to download a user’s followers list.

13. Facebook
Facebook’s native searchhelps you with lots of filters for public posts in
public groups and pages.
It enables you to search by date, tagged location or the media type you select
such as videos, livestream, photos or posts.
Advanced Google search to find more sharp content:
site:facebook.com/pages “stop immigration”

14. Instagram
Picpanzee.com provides a cleaner and sharper tool to search people on
Instagram, providing a list of associated hashtags in a separate column.
Searchmybio is your go-to if you are looking for particular kind of people or
accounts.
You can always use Advanced Google search for keywords.

15. Monitoring Facebook and Instagram
Crowdtangle could be the best tool for monitoring lists of
Facebook and Instagram by far.
All you need to do is to ask Facebook to get access and then set
up dashboards in the 3 platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Reddit)
And construct your relevant pages and groups in Facebook, public
accounts for Instagram and lastly, subreddits for Reddit.

16. Reddit
Reddit is one of the world’s largest social news aggregators and
discussion boards.
You can use the search function in the top navigation bar to sweep
over Reddit’s posts while looking for key terms.

17. Narrow your Search Results
For instance, you may set filters, such as Top, to get popular posts.
Or you can search by time frame or screenshot by author.
Also, TrackReddit.com 17 will enable you to monitor the
whole of Reddit for certain keywords.
But, it is free for the first two weeks only.

18. Websites
RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a system that helps in keeping you updated.
With RSS you can monitor multiple websites in one aggregated feed.
Although there are a number of RSS readers, feedly is much easier.
Once you set up an account you can add new content by topic, website or RSS
feed, creating lists of interesting and relevant websites or blogs in a similar way
to Twitter or CrowdTangle lists.