Comments on: Breaking news, Twitter style

By: WinExtra » Is there a backdoor to mainstream popularity?

WinExtra » Is there a backdoor to mainstream popularity? — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:00:40 +0000

[…] has even gotten to the point that Twitter is now the place to be if you want to find out what the really breaking news is around the world. Whether it be a natural disaster, political results as they happen or having […]

By: News auf Speed « Mjays Planet

News auf Speed « Mjays Planet — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:34:01 +0000

[…] erhalte, wird gelächelt bis gelacht. Um so beeindruckender ist, dass Adam Pasick in seinem Blog bei Reuters.com selbst schreibt: News of a possible explosion rippled through the popular online […]

By: Die Nominierten für den Grimme Online Award 2008 at viralmythen

Die Nominierten für den Grimme Online Award 2008 at viralmythen — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:11:47 +0000

[…] mehr ein Beispiel, wie Nachrichten mittlerweile über Twitter zuerst verbreitet werden. Bevor auf der Seite des Grimme Online Awards die Liste der Nominierten zu sehen ist und noch […]

By: Why Twitter Will Go Mainstream - Regular Geek

Why Twitter Will Go Mainstream - Regular Geek — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:36:47 +0000

[…] how Twitter would not gain mainstream acceptance. Then, I saw the article on Reuters regarding the earthquake near Washington, DC. I have previously said several times on this blog and in other places that I did not get Twitter. […]

By: The Jester Joins Twitter | Disruptive Library Technology Jester

The Jester Joins Twitter | Disruptive Library Technology Jester — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:14:59 +0000

[…] Someone on the Code4Lib IRC channel (was it ‘lbjay’?) asked if anyone knew about an explosion in the Falls Church, VA, area after reading a report about it on Twitter. I ran a search in TweetScan for “Falls Church, VA” and was able to watch the event unfold as the “DC emergency tweet network” fired up. Eventually it was determined that it was indeed an earthquake event, but the discussion of the event via Twitter was enough to catch the attention of at least one media blogger. […]

By: links for 2008-05-07 | andy brudtkuhl

links for 2008-05-07 | andy brudtkuhl — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:36:40 +0000

[…] Breaking news, Twitter style The “Falls Church Incident” was earthshaking only in the most literal sense, but it is an interesting proof of concept that news can be broken on Twitter. (tags: _blog community journalism twitter) […]

By: Wanted/Needed: Twitter Services Directory | Mark Evans

Wanted/Needed: Twitter Services Directory | Mark Evans — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:44:15 +0000

[…] ParisLemon has a post looking at how the mainstream media is starting to catch on. He points to a Reuters story on how breaking news breaks on […]

By: Rex Hammock

Rex Hammock — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:36:34 +0000

Re: “The earliest Twitter reports were wrong.” As I happened to be observing the first Twitter reports, I can say the *were not* wrong. They were “tweets” by individuals like Patrick Rufinni who posted something to the effect, “I just felt something like an explosion.” Others Twitter users in the area posted similar comments. Dave Winer amplified their “tweets.” This was like a person calling the newspaper and saying, “I just saw something that may or may not be news.” The process of how news is reported is not what is new. The ability of eye-witnesses to provide real-time facets of the story to a broad audience is what is new.

By: Twitter breaks news of DC-area earthquake : Twitter Gossip

Twitter breaks news of DC-area earthquake : Twitter Gossip — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:22:30 +0000

[…] Reports of yesterday’s small-scale earthquake near Washington, DC, first appeared on Twitter, Reuters reports. “At about 1:37 pm, software developer Dave Winer asked the Twitterverse: ‘Explosion in Falls Church, VA?’ … A flurry of posts, or ‘tweets,’ followed, as users reported rumbles as far away as Alexandria.” Local media reported the rumbling as possible blasting at nearby Ft. Belvoir 60 minutes after Winer’s initial Tweet, and confirmed it as a 1.8 magnitude earthquake 30 after that. Read the story. […]

By: Spuds

Spuds — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:26:06 +0000

The true power of Twitter