#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – how to verify tweets

On Memeburn Peter Verweij has produced a great list running through the different ways journalists can verify the content of tweets and avoid being tripped up. These include using Twitter itself to crowdsource to verify information and also how to check the authenticity of images.

Tipster: Rachel McAthy

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#Tip of the day from Journalism.co.uk – 10 tips for building community on social media

Memeburn has published ten tips on how to build a community using social media as outlined by Australian media lecturer Julie Posetti.

In brief bullet point form they are as follows:

1. Join a conversation
2. Start a conversation
3. Crowdsource it
4. Get connected
5. Share and care
6. Personality
7. Curate
8. Value add
9. Strategise
10. Pick the right tools for the job

Read the full post here.

Tipster: Rachel McAthy

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Financial Times searches for subscription building ideas – via crowdsourcing

The Financial Times has commissioned South African company Idea Bounty to help it source new revenue-making ideas. The creative mind with the best idea will win US $5,000.

As the tech site MemeBurn reported, the newspaper, which operates a tiered paid content/registration system, is searching for ideas for “how to increase the number of new subscriptions to its website FT.com.”

Idea Bounty, a project that connects clients with creatives, has launched this project on its site, ‘We Live in Digital Times’:

We are looking for digital marketing ideas which will increase the number of new subscriptions to the Financial Times online offering FT.com

The overall winner will win the cash bounty, but cleverly enough, ten runner-up prizes “will take the form of a full annual subscription to the Financial Times”.

The FT confirmed its partnership with Idea Bounty, but did not wish to comment further, when approached by Journalism.co.uk.

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