Like so many people, I turned to social media last night when I learned the U.S. had killed Osama bin Laden. Frankly, I learned more from my friends tweets, retweets, photos, and posts than I did watching an hour of NBC’s coverage.
I told my online journalism class about Storify, but I hadn’t used it yet. It just entered open beta last week. I thought this was a perfect chance to practice what a preach while creating a record of a historic event that I didn’t ever want to forget.
By no means is this comprehensive. It represents only the messages that came under my radar, but I’m excited about the possibilities Storify presents, and what a service such as this means for traditional reporting. This could be one way to create collaboration between reporters and audiences through the application of journalistic principles, while also preserving the audience’s voice.
Let me know what you think.
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