OJR: Michael Jackson’s death and its lessons for online journalists covering breaking news
Friday, 26 June 2009, 15:50 via Delicious/martinstabe
Don't agree with Robert Niles on this at all: "It's time to drop e-mail as a breaking news medium .. sending a 'breaking news alert' hours after everyone from Helsinki to Honolulu has been tweeting the news just embarrasses the news organization. ... Better not to send the e-mail at all." Really? "Everyone" was Tweeting? Actually, a tiny minority was Tweeting. Read More...
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1. Martin Belam | 26 June 2009 at 2002
It isn't that bit I don't agree with. It is the assertion that MSM should have been actively tweeting “Hey, we heard this rumour, and we have no verification, but hey, here is the rumour”. Seriously, I sign up to news alerts for news. If I want a rumour alert about celebs I'd sign up to Popbitch. Or maybe the Daily Mail's Femail RSS feed.
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