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Five different ways to tell the 9/11 story with Storify
On the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, how did people and news organizations mark the historic date with social media?
It's the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Social media was not a part of our lives then. How can it be used now to share photos, memories, social objects?
- Whether through photos, stories, video, or a moment of silence, today Americans are commemorating the anniversary in their own ways. Here are a few Storify stories that marked the day.
People tweeted where they were when the attacks happened and how they remembered it. Mashable has the story.
Twitter Users Remember Where They Were During 9/11Many Twitter users memorialized the attacks of September 11, 2001 on their eleventh anniversary by posting details about where they were ...Jeff Jarvis shared his 9/11 experience on Twitter, which Mary Bjorneby curated.
The story is from last year, a powerful part of the attacks' 10th anniversary.
Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) remembers #911 on TwitterOn 9-11-11, @jeffjarvis told his experience of 9-11-01, in tweets, on Twitter.The Toronto Star Storified a compelling overview filled with photos and tweets.
I took this photo 11 years ago today, just as the South Tower began to collapse. Now trying to ID the subjects. http://pic.twitter.com/wbCwBgpc
Sept. 11: Grief, outrage on Twitter on 9/11 anniversaryThe power of a single photo. A Toronto Blue Jay's memory. Outrage at a Kardashian promo during a moment of silence. People remembered 9/1...News organizations covered the event in different ways. Media commentators provided analysis and included social mentions.
Did The New York Times really ignore 9/11 anniversary on today's front page? journ.us/OniRCu WSJ's only mention is an ad- And social media users marked the anniversary on their own accounts, posting photos on Facebook, viewing videos on YouTube, and also connecting on newer platforms such as Pinterest, where today for the first time many Americans shared images of a historic day. As with all news events, large and small, we are honored to help our users tell their own stories by using our website and bookmarklet to collect social media, helping us all to make sense of the world in new ways.
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