User-generated content

Journalism agenda: “Firstdraftnews.Com: First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content

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The Google-backed First Draft Coalition launches a site to help journalists verify social content Nieman Journalism Lab by Laura Hazard Owen Some news startups, like Eyewitness Media Hub and Storyful, are built around social media and user-generated content, with reporters trained in verifying and reporting from it. But journalists in most newsrooms don’t receive the same … Read more

The European Journalism Centre releases the Verification Handbook #emjo

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Website: http://verificationhandbook.com Twitter hashtag: #emjo Press Release For Immediate Release 28 January 2014 Maastricht, the Netherlands – The European Journalism Centre (EJC) has released the Verification Handbook, the first ever guide for using user-generated content (UGC) during humanitarian emergencies. Whether it is debunking images of ?street sharks? during Hurricane Sandy, or determining the veracity of videos that depict … Read more