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Storyful Stars: Wrist Cyst Guy Talks About Working with Storyful
You might have seen his videos by now, or maybe you turned away from the screen when you saw the title. Either way, the YouTube channel delightfully called "The Wrist Cyst" is run by a real person - Jason - and he regularly works with Storyful to distribute and license his...

Verification Isn’t Just for Hard News, You Know
May 5th, 2016
When we talk about verification of content on the web, we sometimes tend to focus on hard news only. But verification can, and should, be applied to anything that is being reported, no matter how throwaway it may seem. Leaving aside the debate about what constitutes news (though I do...
Introducing Montage: A New Way to Collaborate on Social Videos
April 20th, 2016
Since 2011, Storyful has reported extensively on human rights crises, examined hundreds of hours of video evidence and engaged with scores of activist sources. At the heart of our newsroom is collaboration - it is central to our news-gathering and verification processes. Montage is Storyful’s new platform that enables...
Five Tips for Improving Facebook Discovery
April 12th, 2016
Elie Lichtschein / @elielicht Facebook is a treasure trove of user-generated content for a journalist, if you know how to navigate it. Below are a handful of different ways journalists can enhance their Facebook discovery. Signal Last September, Facebook released Signal, a discovery and curation tool for journalists and newsrooms. Storyful journalists Peadar...
Get a Closer Look at Politics in America With FB Politicswire
April 5th, 2016
Donie O'Sullivan / @donie Storyful’s mantra is that there is always someone closer to the story. For six years we have helped newsrooms tell stories through user-generated content (UGC). From activists chronicling the war in Syria, to people who have found themselves in the midst of terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels...
Brussels, and the Perils of Rip and Ship Journalism
March 31st, 2016
The attacks in Brussels on March 22 exposed once more the difficulties many organizations have when it comes to breaking news. The advent of social media and the resultant rapid dissemination of videos, images, and information means mistakes happen faster than before, but there are simple steps that can be...

Storyful Stars: Wrist Cyst Guy Talks About Working with Storyful

Verification Isn’t Just for Hard News, You Know

Introducing Montage: A New Way to Collaborate on Social Videos

Five Tips for Improving Facebook Discovery

Get a Closer Look at Politics in America With FB Politicswire

Brussels, and the Perils of Rip and Ship Journalism

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