Category Archives: Future of news

Do You Follow Breaking Tweets?

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Jaclyn Schiff

I love the idea of BreakingTweets.com. This is exactly what journalists should be doing with Twitter. Don’t let the name fool you though, Breaking Tweets is not intended to “break the news.” But the site actually did scoop the BBC and CNN last week. Please read further to learn more about this fascinating project. Continue reading →

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Interviews: Video is King

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Jaclyn Schiff

Each time I watch one of Jun Loayza’s interviews I think about how this probably wouldn’t work as well in text. The same is basically true for almost any blogger who wants to feature an interview in a blog post. Video works better than print. Here are some reasons why. Continue reading →

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