I'll be live tweeting our #smwnyt panel w/ @nytjim @amzam @BuzzFeedBen @amichel @PeterHambyCNN @dickstevenson. Qs? Tweet me.Social Media's Role in Political Reporting
"Every political reporter uses Twitter as a news feed all day long." - @dickstevenson #smwnyt
But @dickstevenson warns that covering politics has always been a club. With social, run risk of talking to each other. #smwnyt
.@PeterHambyCNN: I don't need 2 b on Romney bus 2 have good Romney sources. Social media gives us access 2 things we didn't have b4. #smwnyt- What's happening on Twitter may be more important than reality, because those reax will shape reality-- @BuzzFeedBen #SMWNYT
.@BuzzFeedBen @NYT_JenPreston On Reddit ppl also form com'ty and reach consensus. Right now it's a town hall of the old-school Internet.Jim Roberts references social media's affect on creating a 24-second news cycle.
RT @jacobsoboroff: .@nytjim talks about @AshleyRParker's awesome story about campaigns use of social media. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/us/politics/twitter-is-a-critical-tool-in-republican-campaigns.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/P/Parker,%20Ashley?ref=ashleyparker …omSMWNYT01/29/us/politics/twitter-is-a-critical-tool-in-republican-campaigns.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/P/Parker,%20Ashley?ref=ashleyparker #SMWNYT
Twitter Is a Critical Tool in Republican CampaignsWithin minutes, the hashtag was trending on Twitter. Reporters picked up on it, sending out their own Twitter posts and writing their own...Political Campaigns' Social Media Strategy:
.@VincentHarris gets a big shout out from @PeterHambyCNN as a big (& young) social media strategist for Newt. #SMWNYT- .@PeterHambyCNN says some operatives don't watch debates, just check Twitter. I've been in press filing ctr at an IA debate. True. #SMWNYC
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- Re: op-research @BuzzFeedBen says job isn't to tell where it came from but to tell a story. @dickstevenson says it's case-by-case. #SMWNYT
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"Covering the 2012 Election Socially" #SMWNYT
The New York Times hosted a Social Media Week panel discussion this morning on how social media is changing the way we’re reporting the 2012 presidential election and how we’re presenting real-time reporting online, on mobile apps, on TV and in print. Here are some highlights.
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