May 12, 2008

[Social media] Twitter for eyewitness news

More and more, breaking news is being reported on Twitter first and then the mainstream media using Twitter as a primary source of eyewitness news. An example happening right now is the earthquake in China: see http://summize.com/search?q=earthquake.

For news articles concerning twitter and news reporting, see Google News Search and Summize, once again.

 

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