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Tactic: Twitter is the new journalism
Written by Talia Whyte on February 12, 2009 – 12:37 am -
Description: With the growing popularity of new media tools like Twitter, many in traditional news media around the world wonder if they should call it a day. Now more than ever, citizen journalism has broken down the barriers to help get out stories in the name of social justice and transparency, especially during natural disasters.
Digital Tools Being Used: Twitter
What Did They Do: Just a few days ago, people in China used Twitter to report news and information about a fire at the CCTV complex in Beijing, China. Earlier today a 7.2 magnitude earthquake shocked Indonesia, with no damages or casualties so far.
“I continue to be impressed how twitter is able to report on the Earthquake in Indonesia a few hours before it’s reported on major news sites,” from a tweet by Jyamasaki
Tags: citizen journalism
Posted in Asia, Tactics | 1 Comment »
By Amanda on Feb 16, 2009 | Reply
The problem I have with this is that there is a big difference between getting data, basic information (where the fire is, how big it is) and following up (Could anything have been done to prevent this? Was it really just an accident or … were there preventable errors that contributed to the severity of the fire?) and twitter does a poor, poor job of following up on those. I think Twitter is great, but it isn’t journalism.