1. Why use social media
for reporting?

2. Wrong Answers
• Because it’s cool
• Because my boss wants us to improve our
Facebook presence
• Because it will bring more traffic to our site
• Because our competitors are using it

3. Correct answer:
Because it can help
improve my reporting

4. Better question:
Will my reporting improve
if I use social media
for this story?

5. Don’t use social media
because “everyone’s doing it.”
Use social media
when it can help you.

6. Tweetdeck.com

7. Janneter.net

15. https://twitter.com/search-advanced

17. Searching from an eyewitness point-of-view

25. storify.com

26. tineye.com
images.google.com

29. exifdata.com

31. • Landmarks
• Accents
• Time of day
• Weather
• Similar footage

33. Other topics suggested today
• Why not Google+?
• Social network analysis: My FB friends
• Hashtag research: topsy.com
• Klout.com: useful?
• Deep searching Twitter users: snapbird.org
• Your Twitter archive: Twitter Settings
• Mapping: trendsmap.com,
onemilliontweetmap.com