Twitter and Facebook have been conduits of information throughout the protests in the Arab world. But that news has been atomized, second by second accounts coming from hundreds of unknown sources. Into that relentless stream has stepped NPR’s Andy Carvin, who’s become a one-stop clearinghouse of news by vetting sources and trying to verify individual […]
NPR’s Andy Carvin on the impact of Twitter on journalism
February 26th, 2011 — Andy Carvin, Comm203, Introduction to Journalism, social media, Twitter