Malachy Browne, news editor at the social newswire, shares some advice for monitoring and verifying news from social media
You want to establish what their motivations are for posting this – [and] are there any inconsistencies in the footage that you're seeing?Malachy Browne, Storyful
You want to establish what their motivations are for posting this – [and] are there any inconsistencies in the footage that you're seeing?
[Instagram is] as close to real-time as you can possibly get without live broadcasting.Malachy Browne, Storyful
[Instagram is] as close to real-time as you can possibly get without live broadcasting.
We're always trying to find somebody who is closer to the story than a reporter in the newsroom.Malachy Browne, Storyful
We're always trying to find somebody who is closer to the story than a reporter in the newsroom.
Update: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Malachy Browne's surname, initially written as Brown.
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