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Social Media as a Research Tool
Margot Williams
NPR News Investigations
May 2012
Social Media
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ MySpace? bloggers Discussion boards, Forums, etc Dating sites? Classmates?
Back to Basics
Go to trusted sources Do the research Ask the right questions Find the local angle Get there first Grab the documents Fact check
You are looking for ….?
Contacts/Locations Friends & relations Co-workers & classmates Experts Eyewitnesses Name behind the handle Reality check Terrorists
Minnesota to Somalia: Shirwa Ahmed America’s first known suicide bomber
Mohamoud Hassan
Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledgehttp://revolution.ansar1.info/?s=anwar
http://www.islamicaweb.com/"I would throw myself in the ranks of the enemy until I would be certain that I could not come out alive. And here I am
dying on my bed. So may the eyes of the cowards never see sleep!" - Khalid bin al-Waleed
Accurint
DOB, misspelled name, address Mr. & Mrs. Khan
Effective Google Searching Quote marks replace the + search tool Advanced search http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Example: “Bradley Manning” site:facebook.com
Translated search: it’s hard to find! Advanced News Search
http://www.google.com/news/advanced_news_search
X Personalized results Google Dashboard https://www.google.com/dashboard/
Google Gives Search a Refresh 3/15 WSJ
Social Media Search Engines
Topsy (Twitter, Google+) http://topsy.com/
SocialMention (many, 1 month only) http://socialmention.com/
yoName http://www.yoname.com/
Pipl http://www.pipl.com/
IceRocket http://www.icerocket.com
Snitch.name http://snitch.name
Toddington International list http://www.toddington.com/resources/
DomainTools (whois) http://www.domaintools.com
WIRED.com 6 June 2010
Kevin Paulsen
Break down Wired story: Accurint
Break down Wired story: People search
Break down Wired Story: Phone search
Break down Wired story: Facebook
She said she became worried about her nephew recently after he disappeared from contact.
Then Manning finally called Van Alstyne collect on Saturday. He told her that he was okay, but that he couldn’t discuss what was going on, Van Alstyne said.
He then gave her his Facebook password and asked her to post a message on his behalf.
The message reads: “Some of you may have heard that I have been arrested for disclosure of classified information to unauthorized persons. See CollateralMurder.com.”
Facebook search
Breakdown Wired story: if you could get to Bradley’s Facebook page in time
Frontline did
Bradley Manning's Facebook Page
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/wikileaks/manning-facebook-page/
“Rare visit to see my boyfriend Tyler at his dormitory”
“is going to Brandeis this long weekend”
Beyond Facebook: is this the same man on OKCupid?
WIRED.com 10 June 2010
Adrian Lamo
Lamo, Mitnick, Paulsen
Boingboing.net 19 June 2010“bradass87”
Found 30 relatives, friends, colleagues
LinkedIn for Journalists session Next LinkedIn for Journalists training is Thursday, May 24th, 2012, at 9am PST/noon EST Sign up at the LinkedIn for Journalists group on the site Krista Canfield The session takes about 35 minutes and I'll stay on the line afterward to answer any additional questions you might have.
All you need for the call is to be logged into your own LinkedIn account and to follow along with me.
If you'd like to attend the Thursday, May 24th, 2012, at 9am PST/ noon EST, please comment below in the discussion thread and I can send you the details for the call after you comment. I do have international dial in numbers so don't worry if you're outside of the US. (Just let me know if you are in a country other than the one that's currently set as the location on your LinkedIn Profile.)
*If you DON'T want to be notified every time someone signs up for this training session make sure you UNCHECK the box that says, "Send me an email for each new comment" BEFORE you comment*
Feel free to spread the word to other members of the press/your editorial staff. The more the merrier. If they want to join us for this session or a future session, share the LinkedIn for Journalists Group link with them: http://is.gd/U6v6SN ...and they'll be accepted into the group so long as they are indeed professional journalists.
The tutorial and a free one year upgrade to LinkedIn Pro is available to all professional journalists and it's an offer we extend across the board to all members of the media. The only way you can test drive the LinkedIn Pro account is to join either this tutorial or a future session. We want to make sure you understand all the tools that become accessible to you before upgrading your account and letting you fly solo.
In the meantime, check out some of the tips and tricks for journalists here: http://press.linkedin.com/understanding-linkedin/
LinkedIn Premium advanced search
Find people who formerly worked at Google
Or former ballerinas (where are they now?)
Or a person in Norway who is a former CIA operations officer(and send a message to him)
LinkedIn for Journalists offer
Back to Basics
Go to trusted sources Do the research Ask the right questions Find the local angle Get there first Grab the documents Fact check
Web Research Updates
Toddington International http://www.toddington.com/resources/
Gary Price InfoDocket http://infodocket.com/ FullTextReports http://fulltextreports.com/
PI Buzz (Tamara Thompson) http://pibuzz.com/