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Twitter as a news tool: A case study

Started by mathewi · 10 months ago

Examples continue to emerge of Twitter being used as a journalistic tool. And not just the “hey, there’s an earthquake” or “hey, my house is on fire” kind of tool, but an integral part of the reporting process. One of the more recent ... Continue reading »

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  • Sid Savara

    10 months ago

    Interesting. I'm curious to see whether video based versions (12 Seconds, Seesmic, etc) will similarly take off. It seems to me that video is a much better medium to spread news, but I don't record very often because of the effort required to get a good recording - versus text which comes out clear every time.
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  • mathewi

    10 months ago

    That's a good point, Sid -- for some things, video is definitely
    better. We've already started to see more cellphone video of news
    events being submitted by readers to news sites and places like
    NowPublic.
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  • Jasonp107

    10 months ago

    Examples like this are becoming more and more common. I recently saw a list (I forget where) of all newspapers that have twitter accounts and are using them.

    More importantly, many newsrooms have people *watching* their twitter accounts and are therefore able to respond and react to incoming tweets...
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  • Daniel

    10 months ago

    Matthew - It's really cool how we were able to use Twitter to break the story, and that people actually thought of contacting us.

    On a personal note, I went to school in Buffalo, and I always looked forward to my forays over to Toronto, where I picked up the Globe and Mail!
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  • mathewi

    10 months ago

    Very cool indeed, Daniel. Thanks for the comment -- and for being a long-time Globe and Mail fan as well :-)
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