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Re: Twitter as a news tool: A case study

mathewi — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:01:07 -0000

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

Re: Twitter as a news tool: A case study

Daniel — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:39:30 -0000

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!

Re: Twitter as a news tool: A case study

Jasonp107 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:23:41 -0000

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...

Re: Twitter as a news tool: A case study

mathewi — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:31:08 -0000

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.

Re: Twitter as a news tool: A case study

sidsavara — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:11:04 -0000

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.