Comments on: Reuters: An editor-in-chief Twitters http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brooke-Sidney Gavins: Twitter…Life in 140 Characters or Less | shopping | http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-10703 Brooke-Sidney Gavins: Twitter…Life in 140 Characters or Less | shopping | Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:43:39 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-10703 [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...] [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...]

]]> By: Twitter…Life in 140 Characters or Less | BlackNewsTribune.com http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-9527 Twitter…Life in 140 Characters or Less | BlackNewsTribune.com Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:00:27 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-9527 [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...] [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...]

]]> By: Twitter: Life in 140 Characters or Less | Pop + Politics http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-9317 Twitter: Life in 140 Characters or Less | Pop + Politics Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:35:47 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-9317 [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...] [...] “News organizations are all a-twitter about Twitter: Is it a friend or a foe? Should it be embraced or eschewed? Will Twitter kill journalism or revive [...]

]]> By: reuters staffer http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-7453 reuters staffer Sat, 07 Feb 2009 01:30:43 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-7453 What David doesn't say is that it would be tantamount to a firing offence for a Reuters journalist to publish to a non-Reuters source before the newswire, especially something this important. He can take pleasure in beating the newswire at its own game but how has he really helped Reuters with this post? What David doesn’t say is that it would be tantamount to a firing offence for a Reuters journalist to publish to a non-Reuters source before the newswire, especially something this important. He can take pleasure in beating the newswire at its own game but how has he really helped Reuters with this post?

]]> By: Tweet News | The Other Bloke's Blog http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-6240 Tweet News | The Other Bloke's Blog Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:48:48 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-6240 [...] be clear this is not a fringe activity. According to Mathew Ingram, The Reuters editor-in-chief now Twitters. David Schlesinger, Reuters News, has a fascinating post up at his blog, Full Disclosure — a [...] [...] be clear this is not a fringe activity. According to Mathew Ingram, The Reuters editor-in-chief now Twitters. David Schlesinger, Reuters News, has a fascinating post up at his blog, Full Disclosure — a [...]

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-5914 Mathew Ingram Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:28:48 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-5914 I completely agree, Gina. Thanks for the comment. I completely agree, Gina. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Gina Chen http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-5653 Gina Chen Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:22:33 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-5653 I think this is a very important post. I'm a huge fan of Twitter, and for me, it's probably my most important social-networking tool, besides blogging, as a journalist. Yet I hear journalists all the time make the same complaints ... -- Why would I care what someone had for lunch? -- But how can we publish without editing? -- What if the news changes, and the tweet becomes inaccurate. Like Schlesinger, I have little patience for those who, as he says, "cling to sentimental (and frankly inaccurate) memories of the good old halcyon days of journalism that were somehow purer and better than a world where tweets and blogs compete with news wires and newspapers." Twitter is an evolving medium. People get that. When you tweet something and then update 10 minutes later, people realize that you have new information. And in today's fast-paced society, people want news instantly. I know I do. Twitter to me is perfectly suited to covering something like the World Economic Forum. It allows readers to get the gist right away and then read more indepthly later. As a reader, I'd love that. I think this is a very important post. I’m a huge fan of Twitter, and for me, it’s probably my most important social-networking tool, besides blogging, as a journalist.

Yet I hear journalists all the time make the same complaints …

– Why would I care what someone had for lunch?

– But how can we publish without editing?

– What if the news changes, and the tweet becomes inaccurate.

Like Schlesinger, I have little patience for those who, as he says, “cling to sentimental (and frankly inaccurate) memories of the good old halcyon days of journalism that were somehow purer and better than a world where tweets and blogs compete with news wires and newspapers.”

Twitter is an evolving medium. People get that. When you tweet something and then update 10 minutes later, people realize that you have new information. And in today’s fast-paced society, people want news instantly. I know I do.

Twitter to me is perfectly suited to covering something like the World Economic Forum. It allows readers to get the gist right away and then read more indepthly later. As a reader, I’d love that.

]]> By: Reuters: An editor-in-chief Twitters http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/01/reuters-an-editor-in-chief-twitters/comment-page-1/#comment-5570 Reuters: An editor-in-chief Twitters Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:08:21 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=1495#comment-5570 [...] the rest of this post at the Nieman Journalism Lab blog) [...] [...] the rest of this post at the Nieman Journalism Lab blog) [...]

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