Curating News Content from Social Media

Here are some great tips which I  endorse because they make good use of Tweetdeck.
I cannot even imagine doing power searching without the use of Tweetdeck.

Technology editor (from Journalism.co.uk) Sarah Marshall gathered ideas and posted them all in one place: 

How to: use social media in newsgathering

tips:

1) organize chaos by using Tweetdeck

2) Two ways to organize:  organize Twitter contacts into Lists ; organize Facebook pages into Lists

3) using the 'add column' + button in TweetDeck

4) make use of hashtags

5) keep your key words simple

6) use Twitter's advanced search

7) search by time or search by location

8) track keywords shared on social media by using RSS feeds, adding them to your Google

Reader account or another RSS feed reader.

9) Use Google advanced operators to search Facebook--this will yield more results than a 
search within Facebook

10)  Most importantly, verify your sources  --many tips are included in the article above

For more information listen to this podcast about tips and tools and practical advice for

curating news as Sarah Marshall interviews

• David Wyllie, editor, BreakingNews
• Malachy Browne, news editor, Storyful
• Paul Quigley, chief executive and co-founder, NewsWhip
• Mohamed Nanabhay, co-founder of SignalNoi.se

More sources for Related listening and reading:

• Podcast: Advice on verifying social media content
• How to verify content from social media

News Search is Changing Rapidly - try a cool journalist tool

Here's a new tool to help researchers and journalists find a real time news stream from 10,000+ vetted sources and set up unlimited searches/alerts. Today's business section of the New York Times reports that: "On NewsBasis, sources can also add a footnote to articles across the Web, so when reporters are doing research using their Web browser, a tab will appear indicating that a NewsBasis source has offered a different point of view or corrected a fact."

How can NewsBasis help with search? This new website (in beta) offers those who create a login to:

• Journalists can discover new angles for stories; discover and connect with valuable sources and find answers and information
• Non-profits can embed their experts' point of view directly in articles journalists read & help shape their story by footnoting articles across the Web with their points of view.
• Consultants can respond directly to journalists' requests for expertise or sources and generate media mentions
• PR agencies/publicists can embed their clients' point of view or corrections directly in articles

Sounds like powerful stuff that they'll soon be charging fees for!



I signed up as a "representative" of an academic institution.  Hoping they allow me to login and try it.