This course is a core requirement for the Social Media belt.
AVAILABLE COURSES:
- Poynter NewsU – Sources, verification and credibility
FROM DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA:
- Tom Caprood – Crowdsourcing interviews with political candidates
- Andy Stettler – Need a story? Start a conversation via social media
- Andy Stettler – Crowdsource a hashtag for an upcoming conversation
- Andy Stettler – Crowdsourcing photo assignments
- Karen Workman – Crowdsourcing from start to finish
FROM STEVE BUTTRY:
- Tips on crowdsourcing news, feature and investigative stories
- Lisa Fernandez shares a crowdsourcing (or fetching) lesson
- When should journalists use branded social media accounts? Individual accounts?
FROM MANDY JENKINS:
- Always ask permission before re-using images on the social web
- Crowdmap makes fast, easy crowdsourced maps, no programming needed
FROM POYNTER:
- 10 ways reporters can use LinkedIn to find sources, track businesses
- 7 ways to get your audience to participate in mobile mapping projects
- 5 small steps journalists can take to build bigger, more engaged audience
- How open-ended questions on Facebook can spark story leads
- How ‘PriceOfWeed’ uses the crowd to fill an illicit information gap
- Using crowdsourced data to report on BP oil spill
- Crowdsourcing verified a double lightning strike photo
- 5 ways to crowdsource easily, legally and with quality
- How to make crowdsourcing sustainable and productive
- How the Boston Globe crowdsourced World Cup coverage
- 8 Must-reads detail how to verify information in real-time from social media
MORE RESOURCES:
- Save the Media – Tips on Facebook, crowd sourcing and Twitter for journalists
- Online Journalism Review – A journalist’s guide to crowdsourcing
- Elana Zak – Social Media Resources for Bad Weather
- Rob O’Regan – 6 benefits of crowdsourced content
- 10,000 Words – Post on Andy Stettler’s use of Ban.Jo smartphone app
- 10,000 Words – How the Seattle Times covered a snow storm with digital tools
TRY THESE MOBILE APPS:
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