App of the week for journalists: Storyful, for curated social media stories
Try Storyful's new iPhone app to track social media news stories as curated by the social newswire's editorial team
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App of the week:
Phones:
iPhone
Cost:
Free
What is it?
An iPhone app from social newswire Storyful to deliver the top stories from social media.
How is it of use to journalists?
Want an easy way to track the top news stories on social media? Storyful's new iPhone apps helps you search by top keywords (currently Cairo, Egypt and Obama), regions and date.
You are then presented with the stories as curated by the Storyful editorial team. <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44730" height="375" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43132&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Storyful-app-1" width="250"> <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-44732" height="375" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43133&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="Storyful-app-2" width="250">
It can also link to StoryfulPro, the social newswire's premium product which allows journalists to "find the most authentic voices and valuable content on the social web".
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Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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