How to Set Up Your Newsroom to Find Breaking News on Social Media |
To cover news through social media right it takes a team and some tools.
He recommended a three-person team to cover the key platforms on which reports and footage emerge: one person looking for material on Twitter, one on Facebook and Instagram, and a third monitoring YouTube, Reddit and local liveblogs.
These are the steps newsrooms need to take in the first five minutes, he said, to ensure there are streams of relevant information to monitor and have everyone on the same page.
At Storyful, journalists communicate regularly using Slack but also have a permanent Google Hangout active for when team members around the world might need to talk clearly about a story they are working on.
“Do not get into a situation where two or more journalists are doing the same thing,” he warned. “Before you know it you’ve lost 30 or 40 minutes looking at the same thing and then you’re behind.”
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