Sometimes journalists get lucky using social-media services as a reporting tool. Dan Petty, social media editor of the Denver Post and a social-media trainer for newsrooms across Digital First Media, started out his appearance as a guest workshop leader of a CU Journalism dLab workshop with a bizarre, true tale of a real-life bit of luck by Post editors. >>>
For the 4/20 marijuana-law protest and campus closure at CU-Boulder, students in two reporting classes covered the event using a variety of digital tools and techniques. Most of them used Twitter to post brief reports and photos while reporting from the scene. See our slide deck of students’ 4/20 tweets. >>>
Still don’t believe that Twitter is becoming a powerful news-consumption service? Take a look at this quote from a Huffington Post story by a resident living inside the riot zone in London. >>>
Attention Boulder, CO! As part of our “Slices of Boulder” research project, we need your help in identifying the city’s most influential bloggers and tweeters. Leave your suggestions on our online survey (and you can nominate yourself!). >>>
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