It’s been the hottest year on record. There's been political meltdown in Britain, with Brexit, and in the US with the stunning and surprising Trump victory. There have also been humanitarian meltdowns with violence across the Middle East, and the greatest migration of refugees since World War Two.

In this episode, we’ll be discussing the year that was 2016. It’s a year that stands out over many others in a news sense, and we’ve been covering it all.

In this episode presenters Della Kilroy and Laura Byrne are joined by Storyful's Director of News Joe Galvin, Standards Editor Alan O'Riordan, and JJ Worrall, Trends Editor.

The Storyful Podcast is available on iTunes, Audioboom, Stitcher, Tunein and Soundcloud.

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When we talk about the verification of online content, we sometimes tend to focus on hard news only. But verification can, and should, be applied to anything that is being reported, no matter how throwaway it may seem.

Whether it's a water bottle flip at a high school talent show, or a bunch of British tourists claiming they got a party boat to Syria, the same journalistic standards should apply to the lighter content on the web.

Storyful has a dedicated team dealing daily with the stories, memes, and content trending online. This week on the Storyful podcast we talk to them about the content that floods social media timelines every day. How are these trends picked up, and how difficult is it to get the real story behind a viral tweet, Reddit thread or Facebook post?

In this episode, our presenter Della Kilroy is joined by Kevin Donnellan, Trends Editor, JJ Worrall, Trends Duty Editor, Aoife Lawlor, Trends Journalist, and Jade Odette O'Leary, Trends Journalist Intern.

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The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the US has sent shock waves through many quarters, not least the mainstream media. In particular, it has brought into sharp focus the phenomenon of fake news and how it is spread on social networks.

So, what is a fake news story? Who is writing them, and how do we recognize one? Is it really such a new thing? How have fake news stories managed to proliferate on the social media feeds? And what, if anything, can be done to prevent the spread of misinformation on social platforms, without curbing freedom of speech?

In this episode, our presenter Laura Byrne is joined by Jeff Jarvis, a journalist, author and professor of journalism at City University of New York, and Mathew Ingram, senior writer at Fortune magazine. Also, from the Storyful team, we have our Head of News Mandy Jenkins and Director of News Joe Galvin. We hope to address these questions, and point towards some solutions.

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In 21st century newsrooms, journalists, social media teams, and picture editors are now faced with more graphic content than ever before. Filtering and verifying user-generated content is a now a core part of the news process and in recent years the Syrian civil war, the rise of Islamic State and civil unrest has meant that many journalists and viewers are exposed to disturbing images on a daily basis.

Research by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma suggests that related trauma can cause a triad of disabling responses, and a study carried out by Eyewitness Media Hub found that individuals working with content of a graphic or distressing nature were most affected. So how are journalists at risk of vicarious trauma from user generated content? And what do we know about the effects of vicarious trauma on viewers?

On this week’s podcast, host and journalist Della Kilroy is joined by Storyful’s Director of News Joe Galvin, journalists Jenny Hauser and Razan Ibraheem, and Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism encouraging innovative reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy worldwide.



The panel discusses what impact graphic content has on both journalists and viewers and how we can confront vicarious trauma in the age of graphic online content consumption.



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The US presidential election has been one of the most controversial races of all time, with voters using social media more than ever before to voice their opinions and, in some cases, outrage.

In this episode, hosts Della Kilroy and Laura Byrne are joined by Storyful’s Head of News Mandy Jenkins, Duty Editors Stephy Burnett and Peadar Grogan, and journalists Kelly Jones and Rob McDonagh in discussing the role social media played in the candidates’ campaigns, its use by the electorate, and the part it plays in the so-called “post-truth” era.

As the use of eyewitness content grows, the media industry faces an increased risk of infringing copyright. There are a number of reasons for this – difficulty finding the original source of a piece of content, incorrect attribution online, media outlets’ limited budgets for accessing user generated content and the argument of fair use, under which some newsrooms may decide to use content without the express permission of the owner.

On this week’s podcast, host Della Kilroy is joined by Storyful’s Director of Legal Affairs – Emmet O’Grady, Global Video Editor – Shane Creevy, Content Licensing Coordinator – Jenny Scotson and Pol Seoige – a video creator whose content was used by a number of international media organisations without permission.

The panel discusses what rights video creators have online, how creators can protect their copyright, how copyright infringement can negatively impact the success of a piece of content and the steps that can be taken by an uploader if their content has been used without their permission under “fair use”.

In this week’s episode of The Storyful Podcast, host Laura Byrne is joined by Storyful journalists Ben Decker and Padraic Ryan, alongside Storyful product owner Eamonn Kennedy, and developer Dave McGinn, to discuss the emergence of closed networks and the ways in which newsrooms must adapt.

Until relatively recently, the circulation and consumption of news had remained remarkably unchanged for a very long time. It was parsed by journalists and editors, and distributed within the limited confines of print space and available airtime.

The internet has erased those old limitations, and with them journalists’ monopoly on setting the news agenda. Furthermore, social media platforms have swallowed the old distribution model to a massive extent. Recent Pew Center research shows that 70 percent of Reddit users get news on that site, 66 percent of Facebook users, and 59 percent of Twitter users. The demarcation between mainstream media and social media has now all but vanished.

But with this new freedom to personalize our information streams, we invariably surround ourselves with people and ideas we find agreeable (it’s human nature) and exclude those who make us uncomfortable. We replace the old gatekeepers of masthead media brands and instead create a digital echo chamber – one that dictates our news consumption to a large degree. Do we risk only ever hearing one side of the story?

In this week’s episode of The Storyful Podcast, Storyful journalist and host Stephy Burnett is joined in the Australian Bureau by editor Stephanie Hunt and journalists Amy Hutchinson, and Kevin Nguyen to discuss the opportunities and challenges for journalism represented by this change.

Kevin Nguyen is a news journalist at Storyful. For more information on Storyful, visit storyful.com or follow us on Twitter.

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Storyful’s viral journalists watch over 10,000 videos each day, and with over 500 hours worth of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, the viral landscape is constantly evolving.

With more and more brands shifting towards user generated content, viral videos are also becoming central advertising campaigns.

As Storyful strives to find new and authentic content in real time, there are many challenges faced along the way, such as finding original uploaders and the debunking of fake or staged clips.

So how is the ever-changing viral landscape affecting the way broadcasters and publishers use UGC? How will social and video platforms compete in this growing market? And how big a role will technology play in the future of viral videos?

In this week’s episode of The Storyful Podcast, Storyful journalist and host Della Kilroy is joined by Storyful’s global video editor, Shane Creevy, viral video journalists Elaine Carroll and Mary Burke, and content acquisition agent Aoife Dowling, to talk about what makes a video go viral in the age of mobile technology, the discovery and acquisition of viral content, and how signing a licensing agreement with Storyful can benefit uploaders and put their videos in the eye-line of some of the world’s biggest broadcasters and publishers.

For more information on Storyful, visit storyful.com or follow us on Twitter.

Storyful has been offering paid internships since 2013, giving young journalists the opportunity to work with our teams across News, Viral, Trends and Brands. As interns at Storyful, young journalists gain invaluable skills and experience, working as active team members, honing their skills, applying in-house technology and publishing pieces for clients.

Every Storyful intern gets to complete in-depth training and develop an understanding of how each department operates. Working with publishers, they cover a range of topics to fit our partners’ workflow and editorial agendas. Working with brands and agencies, they learn how to connect a brand’s storytelling to authentic social moments. Working with social intelligence, they learn how to contextualize trending conversations using a combination of traditional media analysis and social monitoring.

But with growing pressure in an ever-changing industry, what does it now take to be young journalist? 

In this week’s episode of the Storyful podcast, host Della Kilroy is joined by Storyful interns Richard Hamilton, Lynne Swan, Kay Cairns, Shane Raymond, Eoin Corbett, Aoife Gallagher, Colm O’Donnell and Robert Dunne. Topics of discussion include the skills that are expected of young journalists today, what they’ve learned through their internships, and what advice they would give to other young journalists.

For more information on Storyful, visit storyful.com or follow us on Twitter.

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