Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

re: Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

Joe Mescher — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:54:09 GMT

Brevity rules.

The first thing I locked onto when scanning this article (before committing to reading it) was your headline:

"Twitter is becoming the front line of journalism."

With the rise of Twitpics and video linking, it will be amazing to see how people elevate social media (I hope) using cheap technology like Flip video recorders.

re: Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

stevecla01 — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:59:27 GMT

thanks Joe - the irony of this blog post is it's probably my longest in a year and it's all about Twitter where as you say, brevity rules!

Do you think the headline was good or bad? genuinely intersted as I'm trying to get better at headlines

re: Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

Matthew Gain — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:13:33 GMT

Funny to think that had this happened this week, when TwitPic has been behaving irrational at best, all those mainstream news outlets may have had nothing to put on their screens or next to their stories.

re: Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

Karl — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:01:00 GMT

I wonder if in the past the person in question would have chosen to assist the rescue opposed to take pictures of people im distress ?

re: Twitter: The New Frontline Of Journalism

Stephen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:21:13 GMT

Karl--I think you need only look at the video of the LAPD's handling of Rodney King in Los Angeles several years ago to answer your question.