When Mandy Jenkins, Digital Projects Editor for Digital First Media, asked me to test Geofeedia, I was like “Oh, yeah. Bring it on.” I love learning new tools and discovering how they can help our multimedia journalists do a better job reporting stories so that we are better able to serve our community.
If you aren’t familiar with Geofeedia, it’s a tool that enables users to find the latest geotagged content within an area. You can do this by typing in a place name or address or by outlining an area on a map. You can further refine your results by searching for a particular thing (ie. tweets) or setting search dates.
Using Geofeedia, I searched for State College, Pa., in the search bar. By using the right mouse click, I was able to move the map around and quickly found Beaver Stadium. If I had the stadium address, I could have put that in the search bar. Or, easier yet, simply put “Beaver Stadium” in the search bar to see if the venue came up (Probably should have done this first).
Hi! I'm Buffy. I'm not a vampire slayer but I do love sinking my teeth into social media -- from Facebook to Foursquare. I hope you join me as I explore the digital landscape and have some fun along the way.
