An introduction to news consumption, monitoring and verification. Presentation slides from the American Press Institute's "Build a Better Journalist" conference, held at George S. Turnbull Center, University of Oregon­Portland Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/OREGONbootcampagendaforprinting-1.pdf I also walked through 10 resources for breaking news and media management: https://medium.com/@damianradcliffe/10-easy-ways-journalists-can-better-verify-monitor-and-manage-social-media-790a1b1f3ba7#.t1tww4kzv

1. Social
media
for
journalists
An
introduction
to
news
consumption,
monitoring
and
verification
Damian
Radcliffe Portland
Jan
2016
@damianradcliffe

4. Tom
Goodwin,
TechCrunch
“Uber,
the
world’s
largest
taxi
company,
owns
no
vehicles.
Facebook,
the
world’s
most
popular
media
owner,
creates
no
content.
Alibaba,
the
most
valuable
retailer,
has
no
inventory.
And
Airbnb,
the
world’s
largest
accommodation
provider,
owns
no
real
estate.
Something
interesting
is
happening.”
A
Brave
New
(Digital)
World

6. 20082007

8. • 1
billion
+
users
• 300
hours
of
new
video
uploaded
every
minute
• Half
of
views
on
mobile
2005

10. 1.55
billion
monthly
active
users.
as
of
September
30th,
2015
+
1.01
billion
daily
active
users,
83.5%
outside
US
and
Canada

11. Rapid
+
accelerating
change

15. “…These
days,
being
a
journalist
shares
at
least
one
quality
with
being
a
shark.
If
you‘re
not
moving
forward,
it's
over.”
Margaret
Sullivan,
public
editor
of
The
New
York
Times

16. What
does
this
mean
for
us?
So….

17. § Mobile
increasingly
the
main
media
device.
§ Growing
power
of
social,
search
and
messaging
apps.
§ Changing
news
consumption
habits.
§ Plus major
changes
to
distribution
and
newsgathering.

18. Increasingly
connected
world

19. Use
of
social
media
to
find
news
(2013-­‐15)

20. New
routes
to
eyeballs

21. A
busy
media
space

22. Impact
on
journalistic
practice

23. Content
breaking
on
social

24. Sometimes
from
unexpected
sources

26. New
Platforms
+
Behaviours
=
New
Ethics?

27. Understand
your
source

28. And
double
check
everything

36. Remember!
“False
information
spreads
just
like
accurate
information.”
Farida
Vis,
Sheffield
University
research
fellow

37. 5
takeaways
1. Social
is
increasingly
part
of
the
journalists
toolkit.
2. There
are
great
resources
for
monitoring
content.
Use
them!
3. Check users
social
history,
profiles
elsewhere
etc.
4. Reach
out
for
confirmation.
Engage
with
offline
if
possible.
5. Be
sincere.
Consider
the
wellbeing
of
your
source.

39. How
to
do
it

40. Arguably
how
not
to

43. Email:
damian.radcliffe@gmail.com
Twitter:
@damianradcliffe
Web:
www.damianradcliffe.com
Thanks
for
listening.