The first report of the miraculous rescue of 150 passengers from a US Airways jet floating in the Hudson River also provided the latest evidence – if indeed it was still needed – that emerging social media are not only supplementing but supplanting the legacy mainstream media. Full Story »
Posted by Rory O'Connor
Informative interview with Twitter co-founder Biz Stone about the rise of their service as a "go-to source of news you can use." The author focuses this conversation on the intersection of journalism and social media services like Twitter (see related links and quotes on this story page).
Disclosure: Author Rory O'Connor is a NewsTrust host and editor, and played a formative role as Editorial Director at the service's inception.
We think that social media is largely comparable to traditional approach, in that credibility is key. In the future, social media tools will help the news media know such ... More »
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