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

300 80% the minutes of video uploaded of all online content is challenge to YouTube per hour user-generated of social 500 50 media million tweets per day billion photos uploaded to Facebook

If you do not have access to a Twitter and Tweetdeck Twitter list relevant to the event, find or 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 organization), add /memberships to the URL

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 Facebook and Instagram 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)

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

Contacting Eyewitnesses 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 ownership, and apologise when and if upset is caused

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 Source Date Is this the first version What is the uploader’s What is the time of the ● ● ● online? account history? earliest upload? Is it the highest-quality Location etc Are there corroborating ● ● version? Are there connected reports from sources ● Is there a logo or social profiles? Search on-the-ground? ● watermark? name on FB/YT/Twitter Do weather conditions ● Use: RevEye Reverse etc for date tally? ● Image Search, Storyful Use: Whois, Spokeo, Use: WolframAlpha, Exif ● ● Viewer Multisearch Foller.me Location Motivation/Agenda Are there features that Always ask - why was ● ● can be located on this uploaded? satellite imagery? History of source, ● Is there content that connections to political ● matches from other or military groups - is uploaders? there an agenda? Are there corroborating Take nothing at face ● ● reports? value! Use: Google Earth, ● Wikimapia, Yandex Maps

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.