Using Social Media as a Powerful Reporting Tool - Mandy Jenkins - Columbus, Ohio, NewsTrain - Sept. 20, 2014
Jun 21, 2015
NewsTrain instructor Mandy Jenkins helps journalists use crowdsourcing for breaking news via social media and for projects via Google Forms. She also reviews different websites and tools helpful in searching social media for sources. Jenkins is editor of the open newsroom at Storyful. This presentation -- Using Social Media as a Powerful Reporting Tool -- was part of the Columbus, Ohio, NewsTrain on Sept. 20, 2014. Please see an associated handout: Using Social Media as a Powerful Reporting Tool. NewsTrain is a traveling workshop for journalists sponsored by Associated Press Media Editors. For more information, visit http://www.apme.com/?AboutNewsTrain
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• Search by keywords, location, time • Search quickly - before the stream is taken
over by reaction
• LinkedIn for Journalists – join the group.
• LinkedIn for Journalists – join the group. • Premium service: free for journalists who
do a 35-minute webinar.
• Gathering info using Forms
• Results flow into a shareable spreadsheet
• Can do surveys
1. Search twitter.com/search-advanced for updates from Ohio State today
2. Search LinkedIn.com for employees of your city or a business on your beat
3. Search coeverywhere.com for what’s going on in your neighborhood
4. Build a page for yourself at rebelmouse.com
Mandy Jenkins [email protected]
@mjenkins Blog: Zombiejournalism.com
MandyJenkins.com These slides & more at
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