Handout featuring a number of social media tools for journalism as a companion to presentations given August 2013 at the Summer School for Investigative Reporting at SSE Riga, Latvia.

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Tap Into the Crowd Resource List
Content Search Tools
Twitter: Search Twitter by keyword, location and more. Search.Twitter.com/advanced
Topsy: Search older tweets and photos. topsy.com/advanced-search
Twazzup: Real-time keyword search, displayed in a visual format twazzup.com
Twiangulate.com: Search for Twitter users by biography keyword and their
connections to others.
Social Buzz: Searches Twitter, Facebook and Google+, order by popularity
social-searcher.com/social-buzz/
AllMyTweets: See all of a user’s tweets on one page. AllMyTweets.net
Social Mention: Real-time keyword search across many social networks, plus ability to
save searches to Excel. Socialmention.com
Search.Stagram: Search Instagram photos and videos by keyword.
search.stagram.com
Facebook Status Search: Search public status updates. Openstatussearch.com
Source Search Tools
Facebook OpenGraph Searches: Top search box on facebook.com, dig in upon
results to search by education, employer, location and more.
LinkedIn
Search for people: linkedin.com/search?trk=advsrch
Filter your results by location, profession, company and more
Search for skills: linkedin.com/skills/
Search and follow companies: linkedin.com/companies?trk=hb_tab_compy
Check out New Titles and Departures under “Employee Insights”
Quora: Ask questions and find related experts quora.com

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Source Background Tools
Foller Me: Insights on all public Twitter accounts Foller.Me
Hachi: Search for connections across LinkedIn, Facebook and Gmail gohachi.com
Find their other social networks: Use Identify (Firefox) or Falcon (Chrome) in your
browser to see a social user’s other accounts Browser extensions
Rapportive: Discover social networks of those who email you in Gmail Chrome
Extension
Watching Trends and Topics
Trendsmap: See popular Twitter keywords on a location map Trendsmap.com
TameIt: Trending links, keywords and people in your Twitter network Tame.It
MagicRecs: See who is being followed on Twitter right now by those in your network
Follow Twitter.com/magicrecs
Google Alerts: Know when a mention of a source, story or yourself is posted anywhere
online Google.com/alerts
Location Searches
Ban.jo: Mobile app that shows public tweets, Foursquare check-ins and Facebook
check-ins on a map. Can be used online at app.ban.jo
Geofeedia: Premium geolocation search tool. Can search down to the building, seeing
located tweets and images. $ Geofeedia.com
Mappeo: Search YouTube videos by their location. Mappeo.net
Crowdsourcing Tools
Google Docs: Create public forms, surveys and other shareable documents
Docs.google.com
MapaList: Create an automatic map from a Google spreadsheet and form
Mapalist.com

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Crowdmap: Create a mobile-friendly reader-assisted map crowdmap.com
Tumblr: Simple blog interface allows for user submissions Tumblr.com
Curation Tools
Diigo: Save links of any sort to access from anywhere, anytime. Install the Diigo plugin
on your browser to take full advantage of its ease. Diigo.com
Storify: Compile tweets, YouTube videos, links, social photos, text and more into
stories you can embed on your website. Be sure to install the Storify plugin for Chrome
or Firefox to make it easier to add items. Storify.com
Timeline: Arrange text, images, videos, tweets and more into an embeddable timeline
out of Google Spreadsheets. Timeline.vertite.co/#embed
RebelMouse: Create always-updating, embeddable section fronts around topics or
events using social accounts, social searches and other feeds. Rebelmouse.com
NewHive: Build visually compelling collections of related media for an embeddable and
original alternative to a boring story package. Newhive.com
Photo Verification Tools
EXIF viewer: This tool lets you view the available Exchangeable Image File (EXIF) data
on any image via an uploaded file from your desktop or a URL from the web. This may
include the camera/scanner used, date taken and settings. regex.info/exif.cgi
Reverse Image Search: This online tool allows you to see where else a particular
image is in use across the web. This is handy for seeing if your image is being used
without permission, as well as finding hoax photos used previously. tineye.com
Error Level Analysis: See how/if an image has been Photoshopped. If part of an
image’s scan stands out or looks lighter than the rest, the image may have been edited.
Be sure to use the highest quality image you can find. fotoforensics.com