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By: Barry Friedman

Barry Friedman — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:24:06 +0000

Thanks, Tiffini. Heidi (above) shared this throughout our newsroom. I didn’t realize there was a Twitter searchbar plugin for Firefox. I’ll be using it often. Also, thanks for introducing me to Openbook. Great tools!

By: Tiffini Theisen

Tiffini Theisen — Thu, 27 May 2010 00:48:07 +0000

Thanks everyone!

By: Heidi DeVries

Heidi DeVries — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:00:29 +0000

What a great post, Tiffini. Sharing with my newsroom and some other newsrooms that we’re working with to develop a robust social media strategy.

By: Robert Quigley

Robert Quigley — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:07:49 +0000

Great tips! I’m sharing with my newsroom.

By: Steve Buttry

Steve Buttry — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:47:55 +0000

Thanks for this great post on social media search, Tiffini. In addition to searching Twitter for keywords (such as Ouzo, spelled different ways), check for the hashtags that come up in that search. That will help you identify the hashtags that are launching simultaneously. I blogged about the different hashtags being used in last year’s Fargo floods: http://bit.ly/pXZO9 I’ve also written several posts about using Twitter on breaking news: http://bit.ly/bbdw42
And Shane Snow and Vadim Lavrusik had a good post on how journalists can use Foursquare: http://bit.ly/97VcDc