Tap Into the Crowd: Searching & Crowdsourcing for Journalists

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Tips, tricks and tools for finding eyewitnesses during breaking news, identifying expert sources, conducting crowdsourcing projects and curating social media. Presented 10/2013 at Newstrain seattle.

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•  Search by keywords, location, time •  Search quickly - before the stream is taken

over by reaction

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•  LinkedIn for Journalists – join the group. •  Premium service: free for journalists who

do a 35-minute webinar. •  Keep your profile current and robust so

potential sources can find you.

•  Gathering info using Forms

•  Results flow into a shareable spreadsheet

•  Can do surveys

(n) The act of organizing and maintaining a collection of media and information around a particular subject or area.

Mandy Jenkins mjenkins@digitalfirstmedia.com

@mjenkins Blog: Zombiejournalism.com

MandyJenkins.com These slides & more at

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Credits

•  Steve Buttry contributed some slide images

•  Doug Haddix contributed Mappeo and Ban.Jo videos