crowdsourcing and curation for journalists

Mandy Jenkins @mjenkins Toronto NewsTrain #TORSocial  

Tap Into the Crowd

What is Crowdsourcing? • When  you  call  on  your  readers/followers  to  contribute  to  a  story  

•  Calls  for  content,  news  7ps  and  story  sources  

•  Can  be  breaking  or  long-­‐term  •  Involve  a  li?le  or  a  lot  of  informa7on  

Breaking  News  Crowdsourcing  

Before  You  Crowdsource  

•  Be  engaged  in  the  social  community  •  Build  Twi?er  lists  of  key  contacts  •  Have  a  plan  for  when  you  can’t  plan  •  Incorporate  into  story-­‐planning  

When News Breaks •  Open  keyword  searches    •  Monitor  key  Twi?er  lists  •  Have  reporter  or  news  org  start  twee7ng  live  to  get  and  share  info  

Transparency Helps •   Say  what  you  know  •   Say  what  you  don’t  know  •   Say  what  you  want/need  to  know  •   Don’t  spread  rumors  •   Vet  sources  &  informa7on  •   Ask  ques7ons  as  you  gather  info  •   RT  with  context,  note  if  it's  verified  

Find Sources Fast

Search.Twitter.Com/advanced Search  by  keywords,  loca7on,  7me  

Search  quickly  -­‐  before  the  stream  is  taken  over  by  reac7on  

When  You  Find  a  Source  

•  Connect  with  eyewitnesses,  get  contact  info  

•  Follow  who  you  reach  out  to  •  Have  them  wait  for  a  reporter  on  scene  •  Verify!  

•  Search  venues  on  Foursquare.com  •  “Mayor”  is  great  source  for  info  about  a  

business  or  venue  (employee  or  regular  customer)  

Search  Nearby  With  Ban.Jo  

Search  By  Loca>on:  Geofeedia  

Locating Sources

Find  TwiBer  Experts  

•  Twellow.com  •  Listorious.com  •  Tweepz.com  •  Twiangulate.com  •  Muckrack.com  

Search  Older  Tweets  

Facebook  Search  

LinkedIn  Search  

Crowdsourcing Projects

Google Docs •  Gathering  info  using  Forms  

•  Results  flow  into  a  shareable  spreadsheet  

•  Can  do  surveys  

Collect  Reader  Contribu>ons  

Collect  and  Share  Sources  

Crowdsourced  map:  Google  Maps  

Crowdsourced  map:  MapaList  

Crowdsourced audio: Soundcloud

What  is  cura>on?  

(n)  The  act  of  organizing  and  maintaining  a  collec7on  of  media  and  informa7on  around  a  par7cular  subject  or  area.    

Social Bookmarking: Diigo

Storify.com

Publish  from  Cura>on  

•  Can pull in tweets, public Facebook comments, photos from Flickr & Instragram

•  Pulls in video/audio •  Can import from other Storifys •  Reaction stories, Twitter fights, tell a

dramatic story through others' words

Storify:  Add  Readers’  Voices    Into  Your  Story  

Use the Storify Plugin

•  Easiest way to save specific tweets and Facebook updates

•  Save specific passages to Storify •  Save stuff for later, for research •  All things saved go to your Storypad

Curate Using Timelines

Timeline.verite.co  

Mandy Jenkins mjenkins@digitalfirstmedia.com

@mjenkins Blog: Zombiejournalism.com

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THANKS!

Credits: Steve Buttry originated some slide images, text