Why twitter? A visual demonstration
February 20, 2008 at 8:53 pm paulbradshaw 3 comments
I thought the following two Twitter posts from journalism student Tuuli Platner neatly demonstrate how the platform can be used to involve readers in the drama of newsgathering and build anticipation (read from the bottom up):

Now, don’t you want to read the story that came out of it?
Entry filed under: online journalism students, twitter. Tags: Tuuli.

1. Oh, Twitter! » Twitter Connects Journalists with Local Sources | February 21, 2008 at 6:10 am
[...] Tuuli Platner needed a Bolivian blogger to comment on the floods in South Africa, and Twitter delivered. Tags: journalism First posted on February 20, [...]
2. Sourcing Twitter For Scoops · ReporTwitters Blog | February 24, 2008 at 3:07 pm
[...] the floods in Bolivia. The initiative was picked up by OnlineJournalismBlog in an article entitled Why Twitter? A Visual Demonstration. Check out how it went on from there (and other journalistic activities) on this Twitterer’s [...]
3.
ANgelique van engelen | February 24, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Hi,
That’s a cool thing to mention. I have written an article about how you can source scoops using Twitter and included Tuuli. Read it on http://blog.reportwitters.com/2008/02/24/sourcing-twitter-for-scoops/
Regards,
Angelique van Engelen