Twitter for Reporting the News
The events surrounding the reporting of Michael Jackson’s death last week bring up issues with news reporting that I think are worth discussing.
Granted, this discussion isn’t new, but it’s interesting, at least to me.
Twitter offers a new channel to reporters, due to its immediacy and network effects, i.e. it’s very quick to publish and easy [...]
Citizen Journalism Gets a Test
Twitter has a pretty impressive list of news stories its users have broken and covered more accurately than mainstream news outlets.
To name a few:
Hudson River plane crash
Iranian election riots
Several earthquakes in multiple countries, e.g. Southern California, Mexico City
Wildfires every year, e.g. Fall 2007
Terrorists attacks in Mumbai
Virginia Tech shootings
The immediacy and speed of updating Twitter when [...]
