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twitter proves itself for breaking news again - jaipur blasts

As soon as I saw the news of explosions in Jaipur, India, I headed off to tweetscan to see what it pulled up, finding yet again that twitter is becoming an indispensible tool for journalists and others seeking immediate first hand, eyewitness accounts of of breaking news story.

Twitter user 2s was 20 feet away from one of the Jaipur blasts:

following the jaipur blasts on twitter

13 May 2008 in citizen journalism, journalism, social software |

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Summize.com's results seem to be faster and more complete than Tweet Scan's.

Posted by: Alexander | 14 May 2008 at 10:27 PM

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Robin Hamman



  • Robin Hamman has over ten years experience devising, implementing and managing social media projects, particularly within the Broadcasting and Media sector.
    Before joining Headshift as a Senior Social Media Consultant, Robin was a Senior Producer/Journalist with responsibility for the BBC's Blogs and a wide range of other social media projects. Robin was also previously an Executive Producer at Granada (ITV) and Communities Evangelist at Talkcast (mobile).
    Robin is also a Non-Residential Fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Journalism at City University, London. Robin blogs about the collision of social media and journalism, online community, blogging, citizen journalism and, sometimes, media law. [more...]

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