DAE cross-reference local news archives with social media posts?

I was digging into a cold case from my area and kept getting stuck. So I started pulling up old newspaper clips and checking them against Facebook posts from that time. Found a witness mention in a community group that never made it to the cops, lmao. It totally changed the direction of my search. Now I do this for every case I look at, it saves so much hassle. Just a simple thing that can open up new angles. Give it a shot if you're feeling stuck.

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jordan_carr761mo ago

Sounds like a good way to get lost down rabbit holes.

max_murphy1mo ago

How do you normally keep it on track? I set a timer for twenty minutes before I start looking stuff up. Honestly, going past that never helps.

morgan_chen1mo ago

But when you say going past that never helps, what if you stumble on something really good? Like, once I kept looking up old video games and found a whole series I loved (true story). Sometimes the rabbit hole leads to cool stuff you wouldn't find otherwise. Setting a timer might cut off those happy accidents. It's not always a bad thing to get lost, you know?