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We are an award-winning social content service We monitor all social platforms, anywhere in the world We have 200+ partnerships including leading media and brands

Who Is Storyful?

the challenge

• f social

media

80%

• f all online content is

user-generated

50

billion photos uploaded to Facebook

300

minutes of video uploaded to YouTube per hour

500

million tweets per day

If you do not have access to a Twitter list relevant to the event, find

• r make one quickly!

Continuously add sources to the list as they emerge by identifying official sources early, e.g. police, ministries, political figures Most news organizations have access to lists, but sometimes news breaks in an area infrequently covered Always best to curate your own lists from scratch BUT to find a list in a hurry - open a prominent local account (eg local journalist or news

• rganization), add /memberships to

the URL

Twitter and Tweetdeck

In a Tweetdeck search, isolate:

• related vocabulary
• Hashtags
• placenames (multilingual)
• names of people involved

Trump protest search string: "#NotMyPresident" OR "DumpTrump" OR "Trump protests" OR "anti-Trump protests" OR "anti-Trump demo" OR "anti-Trump rally" Can filter for Tweets with videos - Tweets with images etc. Use filter for any of these within a curated Twitter list

Facebook by some margin the most popular network, and essential to monitor in breaking news situations Use Native search; filter by Latest Instagram is good in early stages as uploaded on the fly from location. Geo metadata common. Use FB Signal: signal.fb.com One-stop-shop for FB/Instagram content; improved search function Use Picodash:picodash.com Simple to search for geocoordinates Can filter results by image/video (press p or v on results screen)

Facebook and Instagram

YouTube

Less popular than other platforms, but higher quality video YouTube native search; use local keywords, always sort by upload date Use Montage: montage.storyful.com. Better search functionality; collaborate

• n verification

Follow YouTube Newswire @YTNewswire on Twitter, YouTube.com/Newswire Curated, original YouTube content on day’s breaking stories

Can be highly sensitive during breaking news situations; be mindful of how you approach eyewitnesses Take conversations off public platforms if at all possible Be wary of translation issues if speaking to eyewitnesses for whom English is not a first language; even when being as careful as possible, things can get lost in translation Mistakes can be made, but always be transparent, sensitive, and mindful of

• wnership, and apologise when and if

upset is caused

Contacting Eyewitnesses

Verification as Process

• Provenance: Are you looking at the original

piece of content?

• Source: who captured the content?
• Date: when was the content captured?
• Location: where was the content captured?
• Motivation: why was the content captured?

Provenance

• Is this the first version
• nline?
• Is it the highest-quality

version?

• Is there a logo or

watermark?

• Use: RevEye Reverse

Image Search, Storyful Multisearch Source

• What is the uploader’s

account history? Location etc

• Are there connected

social profiles? Search name on FB/YT/Twitter etc

• Use: Whois, Spokeo,

Foller.me Date

• What is the time of the

earliest upload?

• Are there corroborating

reports from sources

• n-the-ground?
• Do weather conditions

for date tally?

• Use: WolframAlpha, Exif

Viewer

Location

• Are there features that

can be located on satellite imagery?

• Is there content that

matches from other uploaders?

• Are there corroborating

reports?

• Use: Google Earth,

Wikimapia, Yandex Maps

Motivation/Agenda

• Always ask - why was

this uploaded?

• History of source,

connections to political

• r military groups - is

there an agenda?

• Take nothing at face

value!

Debunks and Fake Content

Every breaking news situation today inevitably leads to the sharing of fake content; be highly sceptical of everything you see Major news organizations are consistently caught out; serious errors made during Brussels attacks, Paris attacks, Umpqua college shootings, and, most recently, in aftermath of Trump victory Be particularly careful with names and identities shared on social media

Verification as Process

• Provenance: Are you looking at the original

piece of content?

• Source: who captured the content?
• Date: when was the content captured?
• Location: where was the content captured?
• Motivation: why was the content captured?

Further resources

• First Draft coalition guide for verifying photos and

videos here.

• 10 newsgathering and verification tools for

newsrooms on a budget here.

• The Storyful Podcast can be downloaded here.
• The Verification Handbook, authored by leading

journalists from the BBC, Storyful, ABC, Digital First Media, can be accessed here.

• Read research by the Eyewitness Media Hub here.