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How Journalists Are Using Twitter in Australia

Via Media Shift by Julie Posetti, May 27, 2009 Twitter became big news once journalists realized its power as a tool for breaking stories during the Mumbai Massacre in 2008. In the aftermath of the micro-blogging platform hitting the headlines, … Continue reading

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In Hudson River Landing, PR Pros Were Not First Responders

Via Media Shift by Mark Hannah, February 5, 2009 In times of crisis, communications professionals have an important — and increasingly complicated — role to play. We used to be the first to offer public responses to catastrophes, able to … Continue reading

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Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai Attacks

Via the New York Times By BRIAN STELTER and NOAM COHEN Published: November 29, 2008 From his terrace on Colaba Causeway in south Mumbai, Arun Shanbhag saw the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel burn. He saw ambulances leave the … Continue reading

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British Regulators Reject BBC Plan to Add Local Web Video News

Via the New York Times By ERIC PFANNER Published: November 21, 2008 British regulators rejected a plan on Friday to add locally focused video news to BBC Web sites in Britain, dealing a setback to the digital ambitions of the … Continue reading

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The Examiner.com Now Wants to Become A Bastion Of Citizen Journalism

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on October 22, 2008 The Examiner.com is not what it appears to be. It is not the online outlet for the Examiner newspapers (the San Francisco Examiner,Baltimore Examiner, and Washington, D.C. Examiner) owned by … Continue reading

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Can Pulitzer Contest Boost Serious Journalism on YouTube?

Via Media Shift by Mike Rosen-Molina, September 25, 2008 Tagged: contests, journalism, videocameras, videos, youtube Whenever news breaks, the first people on the ground, before reporters arrive, are ordinary folks with cameras. Citizen journalists have played an important role in … Continue reading

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Citizen “Journalist” Hits Apple Stock With False (Steve Jobs) Heart Attack Rumor

Via Tech Crunch by Erick Schonfeld on October 3, 2008 Apple’s stock took a temporary 10-point hit this morning after a false report surfaced on CNN’s iReport that Steve Jobs had a heart attack. The report has been removed, but … Continue reading

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