Comments on: US Airways plane crash appears on Twitter first

By: John Hawbaker

John Hawbaker — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:18:41 +0000

Fair question, certainly. I think Twitter may finally be moving past the fail whale stage — they impressed me on inauguration day, for instance.

By: John Hawbaker

John Hawbaker — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:18:41 +0000

Fair question, certainly. I think Twitter may finally be moving past the fail whale stage — they impressed me on inauguration day, for instance.

By: Social Networking News

Social Networking News — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:02:42 +0000

I agree with John Hawbaker 100%

By: Social Networking News

Social Networking News — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:01:00 +0000

I love all this Social networking Websites and Blog!

By: Twitter And The Legitimacy Of Breaking News | NewsTechZilla

Twitter And The Legitimacy Of Breaking News | NewsTechZilla — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:56:39 +0000

[...] ruminating from media strategists on Twitter and the US Airways bus crash in the Hudson River on Thursday. The news comes to us via regular folks on Twitter, the tweets [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:39:00 +0000

We are definitely going towards an era of getting our news as a whole as opposed to the New York Times. Newspapers are dying fast, they just aren’t adapting well. I would say the only thing to worry about is that getting news via twitter could be, uh, not accurate from time to time. But twitter combined with more authentic news sources should be a great combo.

By: defycreative

defycreative — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:14:06 +0000

I think it's only going to get bigger. The infrastructure is in place but I think we need more robust hardware. By that I mean devices like the iPhone (which apparently was used to snap that pic) are going to need a better camera and video capture capability. I know Qik is eventually coming to the iPhone but as good as the iPhone is, it's still lacking. The pictures and text are great but video and a way to quickly upload it will really make citizen journalism take off.

By: John Hawbaker

John Hawbaker — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:21:00 +0000

There are so many different things at play here that it's hard to say what will happen over the next year. Social media is rising and traditional print media is faltering, all while the economy remains in a tailspin. You hit on a good point, though, that there is still a big place for investigative and authoritative journalism. Citizen journalism efforts can succeed by filtering the news and offering unique editorial perspectives, in addition to providing quick info on stories like today's crash.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:14:03 +0000

Hey Dave – awesome re the social media. FYI, it wasn't a united plane. It was a US Airways airbus. Hope you're doing great!

By: Dave Delaney

Dave Delaney — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:37:19 +0000

Great points John. I also wonder if we can bank on the stability of
communication utilities such as Twitter. I know things really slowed down
during the Macworld and CES keynotes recently. If a story is massive, I
wonder how effective Twitter will be.

D