Social media for journalists and how e-tools can help cover an issue like climate change in Africa. Part of the Africa Adaptation Programme journalism workshop, a training delivered to journalists in Lesotho.
2. Introduction
Agenda
1. Introductions
2. Social media & journalism
– contexts & trends
3. How social media tools may help
cover an issue like climate change
4. workshops
& practice!
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16. Context&trends
Check the story of chief Kariuki in Lanet Umoia, 100 miles from Nairobi.
He says even the thieves in his village follow him.
Social Media would not apply in Africa?
Kariuki's official Twitter page
shows 300 followers, but the
former teacher estimated that
thousands of the 28,000
residents in his area receive
the messages he sends out
directly and indirectly.
He said many of his
constituents, mostly
subsistence farmers, cannot
afford to buy smart phones,
but can access tweets
through a third-party mobile
phone application. Others
forward the tweets via text
message.
17. Context&trends
Social Media penetration in Africa Africa
433 Mns have a mobile subscription (53%)
0.2% subscribe to fixed broadband net
Lesotho:
39% have a mobile subscription
3.9% are internet users
Source Worldbank 2010
“Facebook über alles”
Africa: 38 Mns Facebook users
South Africa: 4.8 Mns (#2 after Aegypt)
Lesotho: 28 980 users (1.5% of population, 37% of online)
Source: SocialBakers.com
“How Africa Tweets”
South Africa #1 (43% of all tweets, twice above Kenya)
60% of users in their twenties
57% of tweets sent from mobile phones
80% use primarily to communicate with friends
68% say they also use to monitor news
Pdt Kagame tops with 44,000 followers
Source: Portland Com.& Tweetminster, based on 11.5 million "geo-
located" tweets in 2011 Q4
Linked In
South Africa: 1Mns users (of 100Mns in the world)
Facebook Twitter
18. Context&trends
Social Media penetration in Africa Africa
433 Mns have a mobile subscription (53%)
0.2% subscribe to fixed broadband net
Lesotho:
39% have a mobile subscription
3.9% are internet users
Source Worldbank 2010
“Facebook über alles”
Africa: 38 Mns Facebook users
South Africa: 4.8 Mns (#2 after Aegypt)
Lesotho: 28 980 users (1.5% of population, 37% of online)
Source: SocialBakers.com
“How Africa Tweets”
South Africa #1 (43% of all tweets, twice above Kenya)
60% of users in their twenties
57% of tweets sent from mobile phones
80% use primarily to communicate with friends
68% say they also use to monitor news
Pdt Kagame tops with 44,000 followers
Source: Portland Com.& Tweetminster, based on 11.5 million "geo-
located" tweets in 2011 Q4
Linked In
South Africa: 1Mns users (of 100Mns in the world)
Facebook Twitter
19. Context&trends
1st African Social Media Success Story?
• Built in the aftermath of the Kenyan 2008 elections
• Now an open source tool for thousands mapping projects. Also exists on crowdmap.com for instant use
• Reporting crime, bribes, floods, covering election monitoring, humanitarian crisis… The Ushahidi platform is used
for everything from social activism, citizen journalism, crisis reporting, public accountability campaigns, …
20. Context&trends
Another Social Media Success Story
Zoopy.com is the 1st South African images, videos & podcasts sharing network.
Zoopy's content covers topics ranging from news to vox pops interviews, movie reviews, fashion and
entertainment.
Got investment fm Nokia, Vodacom, and became Mail & Guardian’s Online video delivery partner
21. Context&trends
Yet another mobile Success story!
MXit – A South Africa-based mobile social network.
Over 50 million registered users in 120 countries, adding over 35,000 every day.
More than 750 millions messages sent a day.
10 million active users in SA
22. Context&trends
The Grid - a South African miobile-based social network
that keeps track of your location
Mobile & geolocalized
23. Context & trends
Social Media & journalism
The first « reporting » of recent major
news events came from social media,
including:
-Eathquake in Haïti
-Disputed elections in Iran
-Death of Michael Jackson
From: Social Media & the future of news, Rick Hancock
25. Context&trends
Generation 2.0 media use
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USA
Source: slideshare…?
“How Africa Tweets”
68% say they use twitter to monitor news
26. Context&trends
Incorporating Social Media culture
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Journalism 1.0 Journalism 2.0
Audience
Viewers
Readers
Customers
Community
See journalism 2.0, the future of news – Rebecca MacKinnon - www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org
27. Context&trends
Incorporating Social Media culture
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Journalism 1.0 Journalism 2.0
See journalism 2.0, the future of news – Rebecca MacKinnon - www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org
LECTURE Conversation
28. Context&trends
Incorporating Social Media culture
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Journalism 1.0 Journalism 2.0
See journalism 2.0, the future of news – Rebecca MacKinnon - www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org
Lecture
Passive consumers
One to many
Elite professionals
Corporate, autocratic
Remote voice
Reflection
Traditional sources
Little competition
Conversation
Empowered users
Many to many
Grassroot, trusted peers
Democratic, collaborative
Personal voice
Speed
Open sources
Massive competition
29. Context&trends
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nesster/
Sharing is good !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/journeyintoamerica
It is not (just) about technology,
it is about connecting people
• Premium on sharing
• Transparency
• Conversation expected
• Mistrust of traditional
authorities & marketing people
• Trust in peers, people like
ourselves – even strangers
• Credit / attribution given
• Collaboration
Source: slideshare ..?
32. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
What is your job about?
Listening &
connecting
What is up?
What is hot?
Who is interesting ?
What are they saying?
Making it live
Monitoring
crisis/events
Crowdsourcing hints
& stories
Interviewing
Sourcing
Data & statistics
Images
Maps
Evidence
+
Verifying
Mobile
reporting
Record pictures,
audio, video
Publish on the go
Publishing &
Sharing
Publishing/
broadcasting
Blogging/ micro-
blogging
Conversing
33. Sharing
Creating a blog /
page on climate
change
Launching a debate
Influencing decision-
makers
Mobile
reporting
Record pictures,
audio, video
Publish from the
rural areas
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Covering climate change
Listening &
connecting
Connecting with the
relevant people /
sources of info
Following related news
Understanding Climate
change issues
Making it live
Monitoring
environment-
related events
Crowdsourcing
people’s stories
Interviewing experts
Sourcing
Finding climate-
related data &
statistics
Illustrating with
pictures
Setting it on maps
http://www.whataretheywaitingfor.com/
34. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Find the community
Listening & connecting
Search for
sources
Install a search add on in
your browser, like all-in-one
search bar for Firefox.
Start with a search engine like Google, know to choose
keywords and find articles or resources
35. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Find the community
Listening & connecting
Search for
sources
Install a search add on in
your browser, like all-in-one
search bar for Firefox.
Start with a search engine like Google, know to choose
keywords and find articles or resources
Check a directory like DMOZ open directory project for
reference links.
36. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Find the community
Listening & connecting
Search for
sources
Install a search add on in
your browser, like all-in-one
search bar for Firefox.
A blog search engine like Technorati or Digg will provide
you articles and blogs and define the « autority ranking »
of the blogger, as assessed by users.
37. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Find the community
Listening & connecting
Search for
sources
Install a search add on in
your browser, like all-in-one
search bar for Firefox.
A social bookmarking site like Delicious will provide you
links to what other net users tagged with your keywords
38. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Find the community
Listening & connecting
Search for
sources
Install a search add on in
your browser, like all-in-one
search bar for Firefox.
Search your favorite news site for news, but also
thematic issues and resources.
39. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Browse the community
Listening & connecting
Enrich your
sources
Right click to open sites in
new tabs – and bookmark
your findings. Once you find a specialized site focused on climate change with a links
directory, chances are you will discover many new resources.
40. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Browse the community
Listening & connecting
Enrich your
sources
Right click to open sites in
new tabs – and bookmark
your findings. Once you find a specialized site focused on climate change with a links
directory, chances are you will discover many new resources.
41. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Browse the community
Listening & connecting
Enrich your
sources
Right click to open sites in
new tabs – and bookmark
your findings. Once you find a specialized site focused on climate change with a links
directory, chances are you will discover many new resources.
42. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Browse the community
Listening & connecting
Enrich your
sources
Right click to open sites in
new tabs – and bookmark
your findings. Once you find a specialized site focused on climate change with a links
directory, chances are you will discover many new resources.
43. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Browse the community
Listening & connecting
Enrich your
sources
Right click to open sites in
new tabs – and bookmark
your findings. Once you find a specialized site focused on climate change with a links
directory, chances are you will discover many new resources.
44. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Keep connected
Listening & connecting
Connect !
You won’t visit those sites every day to find out updates. So find the most
suitable way for you to receive updates and important news!
My Climate Change bookmarks
Climate Change institutional sites
Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
Country data for climate change (Lesotho) (World Bank)
IPCC - intergovernmental panel on climate change
UN climate change Gateway (United Nations)
UN Framework convention on climate change (Country Adaptation programmes) (United
Nations)
Climage pledges (UNEP)
Climate change adaptation (UNDP)
African Adaptation Programme (Lesotho profile) (UNDP)
Southern Africa Regional Climate Change Programme
African Adaptation Programme (UNDP) & AAP Baobab Coalition (facebook) (African
Adaptation Programme)
Climate Change & Disaster reduction
Global Facility for Disaster Risk& Reduction (GFDRR)
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate center portal and more links
UN international Strategy for disaster reduction (United Nations)
PreventionWeb – information needs of the disaster reduction community (Lesotho
statistics & risk profile as well as news feed)
More climate change resources & news
Alertnet Climate change information desk, climate-change related resources directory ,
and online course on reporting on climate change (Alertnet, Reuters)
BBC Climate change hot topic as well as guide
Africa Adapt, sharing knowledge on mitigation practices
Climate & Development Knowlegde network (CDKN)
Climate Ark – Climate change and global warming portal
Apps4Africa, a challenge on building apps to fight climate change
WWF climate change entry and climate news
Greepeace climate blog and climate change campaign
Sci-Dev network on Climate change & Energy
…
You don’t need use all the
services, decide the ones you
use for what.
45. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
46. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
47. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
48. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
49. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
50. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, you’d rather use the internal RSS
reader to subscribe to a feed. To view them, just open your favorites then
« feeds ». Check a tutorial here:
http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/RSS-In-IE.html
51. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Listening & connecting
Organize your
news feeds
You don’t need to read
everything, but you will enjoy
reading it when you like !
Understanding RSS feeds
Use an aggregator to follow your news, and set your personal dashboard.Use an aggregator like Netvibes to follow your news on a dashboard.
52. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Connecting
Listening & connecting
Build a super
address book &
do more
500 MnsAudience
People you
know or know
someone you
know
Community
3 main social networks for journalists
Listening,
sharing work,
crowdsourcing
Journalistic
advantage
Mechanics Connect with
people or Like
pages
Read /share
on wall
On climate
change
80 Mns
Colleagues,
former
colleagues,
professionals
Networking,
Finding
authorative
people
Create CV
Connect with
people / be
introduced
Follow & discuss
w/ groups
190 Mns
People you
don’t know but
have common
interests
Opinion leaders
Real time trends,
listening,
promoting work,
crowdsourcing,
finding sources
Create profile
Follow / be
followed
Share, retweet,
mention,
converse
Share interesting pieces using
sharing bookmaklets made
available on the site/article, or use
your own add-on like buffer app.
53. What is Twitter?
• A social network to nurture your interests
• Connect with people who share these interests
• Discover information they found worth
• Contact them, converse
• Share your findings & thoughts
How to start?
Set up your profile:
• Choose a user name
• Choose a theme / background and upload an avatar
• Define yourself and your interests in 140 characters
Follow people
-Web sites you visit
- Search twitter for users (or followwonk)
- Search for tweets & follow their authors
- Use Twitter suggestions
Be followed
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Do you speak Twitter ?
What is up?
What is hot?
Who is interesting?
Share/promote news
Monitoring issue
Crowdourcing stories
using
54. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Do you speak Twitter ?
What is up?
What is hot?
Who is interesting?
Share/promote news
Monitoring issue
Crowdourcing stories
using
Listen to the tweets
• Read your wall or search
Twitter language
• 140 characters only -
Shortlinks are offered
• Name the sources
@username
•RT = retweet
• Use #hashtags
Start tweeting !
• What is on your mind, what
you are doing
•Share your work, other
people’s work & retweet
• Engage in conversations
• Monitor your audience with
Chirpstarts or alike
• Organize a community with
Grouptweet
55. SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Do you speak Twitter ?
What is up?
What is hot?
Who is interesting?
Share/promote news
Monitoring issue
Crowdourcing stories
using
Explore Twitter on climate change:
• Search on issues , using keywords and hashtags
#climatechange # globalwarming #biodiversity #environment #solar #eco
#environment #green #lesotho, #africa
Google your hashtag, Check hashtags.org , -Tagdef.com ,Tagref
•Seach people – use Followerwonk to be faster
•Follow the trends (see below)
•Organize a dahsboard with seesmic , marketme or monitter
56. Sourcing
Data & statistics
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Sourcing data
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
57. Sourcing
Data & statistics
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Sourcing data
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
58. Sourcing
Data & statistics
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Sourcing data
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
59. Sourcing
Data & statistics
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Sourcing data
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
60. Sourcing
Data & statistics
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Sourcing data
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
61. Sourcing
Images
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Finding Images
Common Creative sources
• Understanding Image rights
• Google images: advanced search for images, clipart, infographics
• Flickr advanced search for images
• Common creative with more sources
•GettyImages with royalty free or rights managed images
Be fair:
Always attribute the
credits
62. Sourcing
Images
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Finding Images
Common Creative sources
• Understanding Image rights
• Google images: advanced search for images, clipart, infographics
• Flickr advanced search for images
• Common creative with more sources
•GettyImages with royalty free or rights managed images
Be fair:
Always attribute the
credits
63. Sourcing
Images
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Finding Images
Common Creative sources
• Understanding Image rights
• Google images: advanced search for images, clipart, infographics
• Flickr advanced search for images
• Common creative with more sources
•GettyImages with royalty free or rights managed images
Be fair:
Always attribute the
credits
67. Beeing precise,
Telling stories
with Maps
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Using Maps
Open Streeet Map & Google Map Makers let you edit maps &
add POIs for the community & share / embed your map. OSM is
with a CC license .
Geocommons is a repository of open source maps
Worldmap & MapBox are Open source softwares to make maps
68. Beeing precise,
Telling stories
with Maps
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Using Maps
Open Streeet Map & Google Map Makers let you edit maps &
add POIs for the community & share / embed your map. OSM is
with a CC license .
Geocommons is a repository of open source maps
Worldmap & MapBox are Open source softwares to make maps
69. Beeing precise,
Telling stories
with Maps
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Using Maps
Open Streeet Map & Google Map Makers let you edit maps &
add POIs for the community & share / embed your map. OSM is
with a CC license .
Geocommons is a repository of open source maps
Worldmap & MapBox are Open source softwares to make maps
70. Beeing precise,
Telling stories
with Maps
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Using Maps
Open Streeet Map & Google Map Makers let you edit maps &
add POIs for the community & share / embed your map. OSM is
with a CC license .
Geocommons is a repository of open source maps
Worldmap & MapBox are Open source softwares to make maps
71. Beeing precise,
Telling stories
with Maps
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Using Maps
Open Streeet Map & Google Map Makers let you edit maps &
add POIs for the community & share / embed your map. OSM is
with a CC license .
Geocommons is a repository of open source maps
Worldmap & MapBox are Open source softwares to make maps
72. Crowdsourcing
Monitoring
crisis / events
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Making it live
Use crowdmap for a fast
deployement,
FrontlineSMS for mobile
gateway,
The Standby Task Force
volunteers
Bribespot
Bribespot.com
Bribespot is an app that allows you to see how much
corruption is going on around. Using your smartphone (or
a website) you can report locations where bribes are
requested/paid, indicate the size of a bribe and area of
government affected by it.
By accumulating data from thousands of anonymous
users, we turn isolated users into powerful movement
against corrupt individuals and institutions.
73. Crowdsourcing
Monitoring
crisis / events
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Making it live
Use crowdmap for a fast
deployement,
FrontlineSMS for mobile
gateway,
The Standby Task Force
volunteers
TracFM
http://tracfm.nyaruka.com/
In Uganda, Trac FM involves people in monitoring service delivery in their
community through radio polls. Responses to the polls are instantly
visualized in the radio studio so talk-show hosts can discuss the data with
their guests and give feedback to listeners on what is happening on the
ground.
74. Crowdsourcing
Monitoring
crisis / events
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Making it live
Use crowdmap for a fast
deployement,
FrontlineSMS for mobile
gateway,
The Standby Task Force
volunteers
Water for people
http://watermapmonitordev.appspot.com/
Millions of dollars are wasted every year on tens of thousands of
water systems around the world that break, become abandoned
and prove to be unsustainable.
Using Android cell phones, combined with GPS and Google Earth
software, FLOW gives community members, partners, volunteers,
and others the ability to record data: location, service status,
images, and other information. This data is then displayed online
to signal whether a project is up and running, broken, or on the
verge of disrepair and requiring maintenance.
Also interesting: Solutions for water.org
75. Farming
community
information
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Supporting adaptation
Adapting to climate change takes information sharing on best
practices , wheather and markets.
A number of initiatives have been launched in Africa, Latin
America & India, using the web and mobile communications.
http://www.goteo.org/project/sauti-ya-wakulima?lang=en
http://sautiyawakulima.net
See also:
ICT, climate Change & development (and case studies) from Nexus
resources below
79. Making it Live
Be first to know
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Getting Alerts
Google alerts will deliver you updates as they happen,
once a day or once a week on selected keywords
Tweetbeep lets you receive daily tweet resumes on
selected keywords, hashtags or users you wosh to follow
Feedmyinbox does the same, and can also include RSS
feeds.
Google Public Alerts (newly launched) will alert users to
any unforeseen events that is happening in their area
such as tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms and blizzards.
80. Making it Live
Be first to know
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Getting Alerts
Google alerts will deliver you updates as they happen,
once a day or once a week on selected keywords
Tweetbeep lets you receive daily tweet resumes on
selected keywords, hashtags or users you wosh to follow
Feedmyinbox does the same, and can also include RSS
feeds.
Google Public Alerts (newly launched) will alert users to
any unforeseen events that is happening in their area
such as tornadoes, floods, thunderstorms and blizzards.
81. Making it Live
Live Interviews
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Getting in touch
Connect with the right persons and make your
interview online for free with Skype.
82. Go blogging !
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Publish & share
Your blog will be the central engine of your online presence,
enabling you to express yourself, demonstrate your expertise,
converse with your audience, share on other platforms.
Create a blog easily with Wordpress.com, or Blogger,
Get your page up and share easily on Tumblr or Stumble Upon.
Micro-blog on Facebook or Twitter .
83. Go blogging !
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Publish & share
Your blog will be the central engine of your online presence,
enabling you to express yourself, demonstrate your expertise,
converse with your audience, share on other platforms.
Create a blog easily with Wordpress.com, or Blogger,
Get your page up and share easily on Tumblr or Stumble Upon.
Micro-blog on Facebook or Twitter .
84. Go blogging !
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Publish & share
Your blog will be the central engine of your online presence,
enabling you to express yourself, demonstrate your expertise,
converse with your audience, share on other platforms.
Create a blog easily with Wordpress.com, or Blogger,
Get your page up and share easily on Tumblr or Stumble Upon.
Micro-blog on Facebook or Twitter .
85. Go blogging !
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Publish & share
Your blog will be the central engine of your online presence,
enabling you to express yourself, demonstrate your expertise,
converse with your audience, share on other platforms.
Create a blog easily with Wordpress.com, or Blogger,
Get your page up and share easily on Tumblr or Stumble Upon.
Micro-blog on Facebook or Twitter .
86. Be your own
chief editor
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Curate & share
Content curation makes you stand out as an expert in
your niche. Tools like Scoop it, Paper.li, curate.us are
good for aggregating content, and sorting it into your
own online newspaper. People will follow you, and also
suggest content.
Storify lets you assemble the best from social media.
Pinterest is an online pinboard that lets you organize
and share the things you like.
87. Be your own
chief editor
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Curate & share
Content curation makes you stand out as an expert in
your niche. Tools like Scoop it, Paper.li, curate.us are
good for aggregating content, and sorting it into your
own online newspaper. People will follow you, and also
suggest content.
Storify lets you assemble the best from social media.
Pinterest is an online pinboard that lets you organize
and share the things you like.
88. Be your own
chief editor
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Curate & share
Content curation makes you stand out as an expert in
your niche. Tools like Scoop it, Paper.li, curate.us are
good for aggregating content, and sorting it into your
own online newspaper. People will follow you, and also
suggest content.
Storify lets you assemble the best from social media.
Pinterest is an online pinboard that lets you organize
and share the things you like.
89. Be your own
chief editor
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Curate & share
Content curation makes you stand out as an expert in
your niche. Tools like Scoop it, Paper.li, curate.us are
good for aggregating content, and sorting it into your
own online newspaper. People will follow you, and also
suggest content.
Storify lets you assemble the best from social media.
Pinterest is an online pinboard that lets you organize
and share the things you like.
90. On the go
SocialMediaToolsforjournalists
Mobile reporting
Mobile Media Tool Kit:
http://mobilemediatoolkit.org
Find tutorials, case studies and tools to help you:
Create, share, and deliver content through mobile
phones, engage your mobile audience and secure
your mobile device.
92. Workshops: practising social media tools
- Open your personal
account on
Twitter.com, create
your profile
-Find whom to follow
related with CC.
Search twitter on
#climatechange
-Search followerwonk
- When you visit blogs
/ sites related with CC,
check if you can
follow them on
twitter.
- Send your first
tweet!
- Create a weekly
alert on Feedmyinbox
or tweetbeep
A
- Open a personal
account on Netvibes ,
Google reader or
iGoogle to create a
newsboard on CC
-Search for CC- related
sources within that
tool
- Visit CC-related sites
and choose RSS feeds
to include
-- Find a few gadgets.
-- Do the same with
Lesotho news and
ones covering your
other interests (on
separate tabs)
- Share a tab with a
colleague (Netvibes)
B
- Use your personal
account and create a
facebook page or
group for Aap Lesotho.
-Check the settings, fill
the info
- Invite some friends to
this page.
-Find CC-licensed
pictures from Lesotho
on FlickR and Google
Images. And publish
them on Facebook.
-Publish a post on the
field trip.
- Add a survey to the
page.
C
- Open an account on
Wordpress or Tumblr
-Choose a name, URL,
baseline
-Customize your
theme
- Publish a post
D
- Open an account on
Scoop It
-Choose a topic
related with climate
change
-Add / Manage your
sources
- Scoop some articles
E
94. Climate Change data & info:
Climate Change institutional sites
Climate Change Knowledge Portal (World Bank)
Open Data resources for climate change (World Bank)
Country data for climate change (Lesotho) (World Bank)
IPCC - intergovernmental panel on climate change
UN climate change Gateway (United Nations)
UN Framework convention on climate change (Country Adaptation
programmes) (United Nations)
Climage pledges (UNEP)
Climate change adaptation (UNDP)
African Adaptation Programme (Lesotho profile) (UNDP)
Southern Africa Regional Climate Change Programme
African Adaptation Programme (UNDP) & AAP Baobab Coalition
(facebook) (African Adaptation Programme)
Climate Change & Disaster reduction
Global Facility for Disaster Risk& Reduction (GFDRR)
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate center portal and more links
UN international Strategy for disaster reduction (United Nations)
PreventionWeb – information needs of the disaster reduction
community (Lesotho statistics & risk profile as well as news feed)
Resources
Climate Change
More climate change resources & news
Alertnet Climate change information desk, climate-
change related resources directory , and online
course on reporting on climate change (Alertnet,
Reuters)
BBC Climate change hot topic as well as guide
Africa Adapt, sharing knowledge on mitigation
practices
Climate & Development Knowlegde network (CDKN)
Climate Ark – Climate change and global warming
portal
Apps4Africa, a challenge on building apps to fight
climate change
WWF climate change entry and climate news
Greenpeace climate blog and climate change campaign
Sci-Dev network on Climate change & Energy
Open Data Sources:
• Open Data resources for climate change
(World Bank)
• Country data for climate change (World Bank)
• The World Bank Open Data (Lesotho) (data catalog)
• UN data (Lesotho)
• UNDP Open Data (Lesotho)
• AFDB Open Data for Africa (by country)
95. Resources
Social Media & web tools
Social Media & Web Tools
Facebook
Twitter, Trendsmap, Monitter, Tweetmeme,Trendistic &
more ways to track trends, nearbytweets, etc
YouTube video search
Flickr images (advanced search for creative commmons) &
getty images (royalty free or rights managed)
Google Images search and advanced search for free images
Creative Commons Power search for free images
Google Insight for searches and use for journalists & PR
Google News for news feeds
Google Alerts for news on selected keywords , and Google
Public Alerts emergency alerts on google maps (explained)
SocialMention to search on blogs and social networks
Google reader tro aggregate news
iGoogle dashboard & news aggregator
Netvibes dashboard & news aggregator
Bloglines news aggregator
Technorati Blog search engine and blog authority, indexing
112 million blogs !
Check user names availability
Video on the social media revolution
« African » Social Media
Why the future of African journalism lies in social media ,
slideshare presentation
Social Media in Africa article & resources part 1 & part 2
Africa Social Media Pulse Check article
Afrigator (a South African aggregator of African blogs and
news), (closed down in Dec 2011 but now on Twitter
@afrigator
Zoopy (a YouTube/Flickr like service also out of South
Africa) – made for mobile
Ushahidi (an SMS crisis reporting and mapping engine from
Kenya).
Amatomou (a South African news and social media
aggregator)
ForgetmenotAfrica brings email to every phone though etxt.
The Grid, geo-based social network
96. Resources
Journalism & social media
Journalism, organizations:
International Journalism Network , with interesting topics like
disasters, citizen journalism, the environment, social
networking, ICFJ anywhere online courses on digital media,
International Center for Journalism (ICFJ) with interesting
resources on Citizen journalism and the coverage of disaster
& crisis, environmental reporting (and much more)
Internews, empowering local media
Open Society Foundation and resources on social media
Center for Integration & Imprivement of Journalism - CiiJ: -
Resources
Knight Citizen News Network
Citizen journalism & social media tools
Introduction to mobile journalism tools
Mobile Media Tool Kit - how to use mobile tech to
enable citizen media (create, share, engage, etc) – great
case studies and tools
Mobiles in a box tools & tactics for mobile advocacy
Global Voices (Lesotho)
Spot.us: crowd-funded reporting
10 browser add ons for journalists media article
10 tools to improve your online journalism
Muckrack – journalist directory, alerts and more
Examples of journalism using social media
Somalia speaks - Al Jazeera in Somalia
Snow storm in the Balkans – crisismapping by AL Jazeera &
SBTF
How journalists innovate using frontlinesms around the world
Journalism & social media guides
8 ways to use social media in the newsroom
The journalist’s guide to Facebook (Mashable)
The Journalist's Guide to Twitter (Mashable)
Everything I Need to Know About Twitter (Mashable)
Social Journalism: Past, Present and Future (Mashable)
Social media self guide training for journalists with powerpoint
How Tumblr is changing journalism blog article
Zombie Journalism resources guides on social media
Digital Storytelling & mobile strategy blog article
Tips on crowdsourcing news blog article
How journalists can leverage social media article
Engage your community to power coverage self training guides
10 ways journalism schools are teaching social media (Mashable)
Writing for the Web – how users read Web articles
Newbie: 12 Tips for Twitter users
SocialBrite guide
Gaining more web skills
Learning 2.0 on blogging, RSS, wikis, podcasts…
Itrainonline on multimedia, web development, searching the
internet etc
Deep Web searching tools
Center for earnign and performance technologies : top 100 tools
ICT Hub Knowlegde base and how to increase IT skills in an
organization
Starting on Twitter from Beth
97. Resources
More
ICT for climate change & development:
ICT, climate Change & development (and case studies) from
Nexus
MobileActive, mobile technology for social impact
Ushahidi and Crowdmap crisismapping tools : ex : Samoa
incident reporting,
FrontlineSMS, mobile technology for social change
Kiwanja Mobile Application Database (from the founder of
FrontlineSMS)
SMS in action, a map of SMS based initiatives for
development
Mobile Active case studies
E-agriculture portal
Solutions for water.org project
Water for People project
Projet Sauti Ya Wakulima for farming in Tanzania
Information helps combat food insecurity in Kenya article
(and more)
Farmers in Peru share organic expertise via internet article
Kabissa, networks for civil society groups using ICT for
change
Lesotho Media :
Country profile:
Lesotho Media Profile from EISA
Lesotho Newspaper & News Media Guide by ABYZ
Lesotho Media by Map of the workd
Media:
Sunday Express
Lesotho Time
Lesotho News Agency
Informative News
PCFM
Mo Africa FM
Public Eye
News Feeds
EIN Lesotho News Feed
Google News for news feeds
Reuters Lesotho News Feed
Nowadays, you very much exist for what you share. And what you share is what people will know from you, from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn. However, I existed even before Google (yes!). Was brought up in France, stuudied political sciences & communications, started working on the web, then engaged in humanitarian action with the ICRC (Angola, Cambodia, Darfur). Started working again as a digital project manager in Zimbabwe, now in Lesotho. Take care of web sites & social media, and also interested in ICT for development.
I’d like make a quick poll here and check how many of you ahve a personal blog? (etc?)
Now I ‘d like to know about you, and more specifically:
- What comes to your mind when you think of social media?
How do you use social media currently?
what has been your latest post on facebook or twitter (if any),
what is your biggest frustration with it, and possibly what you’d like to be able to do beyond your current use – what prevents you to do it?
Now lets us start, but please relax:
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We are going to talk tech, but no jargon allowed.
Now lets us start, but please relax:
All references and links in this presentation will be made available to you on this URL
We are going to talk tech, but no jargon allowed.
How to join a community & connect with authorative people
Ways to crowdsource stories, opinions, alerts
Ways to dig into the data & get a lot of material – for free
Every 60 seconds in the world, you get 695000 status updates (+/-= Google queries) 98 000 tweets, 6600 new pictures uploaded on Flickr, 600 new videos, 20 000 new blog posts on Tumblr,60 new blogs, 100 new linked in accounts, …
If Wikipedia was ùmade into a book,; it would be 2.25 million pages long and take 123 years to read
Every 60 seconds in the world, you get 695000 status updates (+/-= Google queries) 98 000 tweets, 6600 new pictures uploaded on Flickr, 600 new videos, 20 000 new blog posts on Tumblr,60 new blogs, 100 new linked in accounts, …
So one may call this « the biggest shift since the industrial revolution »
And for those who need more evidence to be convinced, I would recommend a video you can find on Youtube that was updated with latest statistics and facts. Now their conclusion is:
Now you may tell me… this does not apply to us here in Africa…?
That would be without counting with African inventivity!
(…)
Now this may sound like a Hype, but statistics are here.
Now you may tell me… this does not apply to us here in Africa…?
That would be without counting with African inventivity!
(…)
Now this may sound like a Hype, but statistics are here.
SA stats here (…)
Afria is the fastest growing mobile market in the world.
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, conducted a survey to better understand how young people spend their free time. MXit was the answer for 30 percent of respondents - far more popular than watching TV, talking with family and friends, reading and - not surprisingly - homework.
SA stats here (…)
Afria is the fastest growing mobile market in the world.
The United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, conducted a survey to better understand how young people spend their free time. MXit was the answer for 30 percent of respondents - far more popular than watching TV, talking with family and friends, reading and - not surprisingly - homework.