The BBC College of Journalism has a helpful post on searching social media.

BBC internet research specialist Paul Myers has written a post with tips on searching Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other sites.

If you find that post helpful you might also like this guide on searching social media for stories.

Journalism.co.uk runs a course on advanced online research skills. The next course runs on 18 April. At the time of writing there were three places available.

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