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NYT: Twitter for Reporting
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 TapsMicrojournalism is the latest step in the evolution of Mr. Dickerson, who worked for years at Time magazine, and has moved from print to online articles to blog entries to text messages no longer than 140 characters, or about two sentences. “One of the things we are supposed to do as journalists is take people where they can’t go,” he said in an interview. “It is much more authentic, because it really is from inside the room.”
Campaign Reporting in Under 140 Taps
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I think the https version of the site is not working. Several people at my agency tried to sign up today and ran into 404 pages. All 404s starting the https
Yaa sure fine bla-yada-blah ...
... but /where's the office cam/?!
;-p
hope y'all are having fun
--bentrem
p.s. blogspot is /such/ a drag. It's forcing me to log in, even though in another tab I just checked my gmail.
There is little doubt that blogging and so called micro-journalism will change the way news is reported. This of course is an extension of the so called democrtization of news reporting. Citizen journalists continue to change the so called rules and professionals much adapt to this new environment. Being first to report a story has always been a journalistic challenge and being ahead of the technological curve now gives all journalists the opportunity to be out in front of what's happening.
Twitter and other such programs are on the cutting edge of this change. The question still remains as to if it will be a genuine valuable tool or simply a distraction, perhaps a means of gossiping at the speed of light.
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