Friday, January 16, 2009

Social Networking changes the face of Journalism


We all know the news of yesterdays jet crash. However there is a back story. Jkrums (as he's known on the popular micro-blogging site) set off an Internet firestorm Thursday when he posted an image on Twitter of passengers huddled on the wing of a US Airways plane – only moments after the aircraft plunged into the Hudson River. Many news outlets are running his photo. Could this be the new citizen journalism delivery platform?

Twitter user becomes star in US Airways crash - Janis Krums sets Internet abuzz with iPhone photo.

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