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Through an analysis of alerting data from our breaking news platform, Dataminr for News, we
set out to understand how different sources break and contribute to news, and how that varies
by region and by topic.
In every region of the world, eyewitness sources were the top contributor to breaking news
stories. Citizen journalism has secured its place as a regularand a criticalcontributor to the
newsgathering process.
In the evolution of the communication landscape, the flow of information has changed
dramatically. Weve shifted from a time when a captive audience tuned into a well-researched
radio broadcast at a set time, to a world where a citizen on the street plays witness to a
newsworthy event and shares it instantly on social media. The trend is global. Some of the
years biggest stories across topics including crime, politics, and entertainment were broken
by individuals, including the terror attack in Barcelona and the shooting at a U.S. Congressional
Baseball practice.
This analysis is grounded in our technology. Dataminr uses artificial intelligence and machine
learning techniques to process all public Tweets in real-time and extract signals from the 500
million Tweets sent each day, delivering them to clients as breaking news alerts. For this report
we analyzed more than 600,000 alerts delivered from January 1 to June 30, 2017.
Dataminr for News classifies the source of alerts into one of 13 categories, which indicate the
type of account that published the Tweet. Journalists use Source Category classifications as an
early indicator in the verification process. Tweets from Reporters and Major News are more
likely to have been vetted before publishing, whereas Chatter sources eyewitnesses to
events likely require more investigation to verify the accuracy of the content.
In Africa and South America, more than 50% of alerts were attributed to
50%+ Chatter sources.
Nearly one in three alerts tagged to Transportation and Infrastructure was attributed
1 in 3 to a Chatter source, the highest of all 27 topics covered by Dataminr for News.
Percentage of Alerts Attributed to Chatter Sources by Region
Blog
Business
North Europe Asia-Pacific Chatter
America 40% 48% Emergency Responders
32% Entertainment
Government
Africa
51%
Local News
Major Blog
Major News
NGO
South America Reporter
53%
Sports
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