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Reddit

Reddit. The front page of the Internet. Reddit’s rep. Anderson Cooper’s report. Reddit explained. PBS video. Reddit. About Reddit. How it works. Users submit links or posts, and other “ redditors ” vote the submission either up or down Top submissions make the front page

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  1. Reddit The front page of the Internet

  2. Reddit’s rep • Anderson Cooper’s report

  3. Reddit explained • PBS video

  4. Reddit • About Reddit

  5. How it works • Users submit links or posts, and other “redditors” vote the submission either up • or down • Top submissions make the front page • Numerous “sub-reddits” exist for granular topics

  6. So why should journalists give a reddit?

  7. Increased cred • Obama on Reddit • AMAs

  8. Increased cred • 23,000 comments • Alexis Ohanian: “There are quite a few redditors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and at the campaign HQ.” • “There was interest in doing what in Redditese is called an AMA, or “Ask Me Anything. It started coming up from their side over the last year or so. A little while ago we randomly get a ping saying ‘POTUS is doing an AMA.’ ”

  9. Increased cred Aurora shooting

  10. Increased cred • Aurora Eye witness

  11. Increased cred • Dan Petty, Denver Post social media editor: • “Reddit community is generally smart and extraordinarily resourceful, which we found during Aurora” • “I watch the sub-Reddit for Denver closely.”

  12. Drives headlines • NYPD cop and guns

  13. Still apprehensive? • The Reddit Edit • Aggregator because Reddit is a news service.

  14. Suggestions from Matt Silverman of Mashable: • “IfFacebook is your hometown, think of Reddit as a foreign country. You don't speak the language, the customs are odd, and you often won't know what's going on.”

  15. Suggestions from Matt Silverman of Mashable • “Just spend some time there. Check out the site at least once a day — more, if you really want to see how content moves around. Don't just visit the outbound links, but dig into the comment threads to see what people are talking about.”

  16. Your story ideas?

  17. Story ideas • Lincoln subreddit

  18. Story ideas • College football

  19. More resources • Matt Silverman’s “A Beginners Guide” • Poynter’squick guide • Short introduction to reddit

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