Zombie Journalism » Location Apps http://zombiejournalism.com Dispatches from the walking dead in today's "old" media Tue, 08 May 2012 21:48:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Using Foursquare and Crowdmap to track local elections http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/11/using-foursquare-and-crowdmap-to-track-local-elections/ http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/11/using-foursquare-and-crowdmap-to-track-local-elections/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:17:14 +0000 Mandy http://zombiejournalism.com/?p=926 With the midterm elections coming tomorrow, lots of news outlets will likely be launching their fanciest new toys and social media ideas to best pull in that coveted election night audience on the web. TBD’s no exception, though our election day experiments are based in off-site crowdsourcing to better inform our on-site coverage.

As we did with [...]]]> http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/11/using-foursquare-and-crowdmap-to-track-local-elections/feed/ 4 Uses for Foursquare in news reporting http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/07/uses-for-foursquare-in-news-reporting/ http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/07/uses-for-foursquare-in-news-reporting/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:19:34 +0000 Mandy http://manjamedia.com/?p=589 Aside from all the fun marketing options, Foursquare can be very valuable for reporters, bloggers and other news organizations. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Find a source with ties to a specific location

When you go to a venue’s page on Foursquare, you can see who has recently checked in there and who is there the [...]]]> http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/07/uses-for-foursquare-in-news-reporting/feed/ 9 A Beginner’s Guide to Location-Based Services http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/06/a-beginners-guide-to-location-based-services/ http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/06/a-beginners-guide-to-location-based-services/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:15:33 +0000 Mandy http://zombiejournalism.com/?p=793 http://zombiejournalism.com/2010/06/a-beginners-guide-to-location-based-services/feed/ 2