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Don’t just google it!

Learn advanced online search tools and techniques for investigative reporting. Find expert sources, verify facts, and dig deep into the web using specialised search engines. Presented by Izak Minnaar at Wits Power Reporting 2011 workshop.

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Don’t just google it!

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  1. Don’t just google it! Wits Power Reporting workshop, Oct 2011 Presented by Izak Minnaar

  2. Investigative journalists’ search tools • Specialised search tools and advanced search techniques • Don’t just google it: use the best search tool for the job • Effective ways to search • the web • the invisible web • social media and real time content • Specialised searches to find the most useful content for stories Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  3. Find and review source documents Interview the sources Analyse the information Find the experts; work your contacts Check the facts; track competitors Break the story and spread the word Prep: read up and research the story A reporter in action … Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  4. Search tools • Different kinds of search engines • Traditional search engines • Database driven web search • Deep web/invisible web searches • Specialised/targeted search tools • Realtime search (of the social web) • News, blogs, social media • Integrated searches Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  5. Search engines • Top 3: • Google • Yahoo • Bing • Multi and meta search engines • Bing/Google • Yippy • Carrot2 • Dogpile • Mamma Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  6. Search engines • New generation search engines - examples: • Biznar • Facesearch • Pipl • Wolfram-Alpha • Touchgraph • iResearch Reporter • Which search engine when? Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  7. Let’s search the web …

  8. Search techniques • Develop a “document frame of mind” • Define the search topic • ask exactly what you want to know • use search phrases and quotation marks • Less but better results • Explore results options • Cached pages • Latest content published: time based results • Timeline search • Extended results Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  9. Sources and content types • Possible sources: • Primary • Official • Reference • Secondary • Mediated • Multiple • Original source documents • The link between content types and file formats Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  10. Targeted searches • Search strategies to find source material: • Domain searches • Document type searches • Google advanced search • Source • File type • Site/domain • Region • Date Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  11. More on search engines • Selection of the Best search tools – comparison chart • Colossus – International directory of search engines, by country • NoodleTools – search strategy guide • CyberJournalist SuperSearch • Search tools to find videos, audio and images on the web (Fumsi) • Using social networking sites as a research tool (Fumsi) • Online tutorial: Nancy Blachman’s Google Guide Don’t just google it – online searching for investigative journalists: Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2011

  12. Thank you! izak.minnaar@gmail.com http://delicious.com/Webguide

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