These are slides for my workshop on curation, presented at the Middletown Press on June 10, 2011.

1. Curating the Conversation Steve Buttry Middletown Press June 10, 2011 sbuttry@journalregister.com

2. Read more about it stevebuttry.wordpress.com (2009 entry on liveblogging tips; will update soon) slideshare.net/stevebuttry @stevebuttry http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/10/10-ways-journalists-can-use-storify/

3. NPR’s Andy Carvin “I think curation has always been a part of journalism; we just didn't call it that.” – quoted in The Atlantic by Phoebe Connelly

4. What is curation? Museum curator: Studies topic Chooses relevant content (other sources & museum collection) Authenticates Groups related items Provides context Presents exhibit Journalism curator: Studies topic Chooses relevant content (social media, blogs, staff) Authenticates Groups related items Provides context Presents collected content

5. Curation tools for journos Google & other search engines Twitter Search (advanced) Other Social media search Storify, Storyful, Chirpstory Blackbird Pie Quote URL

6. Curation sources Social media (Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube …) Blogs Staff content (current & archives) Other news media (yes, competition)

7. Authenticate & attribute Ask: “How do you know that?” Ask careful questions of crowd to help you vet & verify Check links, tweets & information on sources Link to original source Attribute

8. Read more about it stevebuttry.wordpress.com (2009 entry on liveblogging tips; will update soon) slideshare.net/stevebuttry @stevebuttry http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/10/10-ways-journalists-can-use-storify/