Reuters on Twitter as a news gathering tool

Here's a fairly good article from Reuters on the use of Twitter as a news gathering tool. Gives a (fairly mundane but works ok) example of how Twitter users share news when something major happens, and how the traditional media picks up in comparison.

Interesting bit for me near the end though, is when someone's quoted as saying they see the use of Twitter not for chit chat, but having one "at the ready" for discussion around major news events.

Comments

[Yeelim]

Hmm - blogger for business use is yet to be convincing. As for gathering news - how interested is Reuters in that I'm about to leave for the weekend?

I think Reuters is right and it could work. But two things need to happen:

1) A more sophisticated tool
2) Wider adoption

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