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Twitter Is the Best Source of Online News!

03/01/2010 - 5:00 pm By Misty Belardo
Twitter Best Source of Online News!

I get most of my news from my Twitter Stream!  Just last Saturday, I got home at around 10:30 pm I opened my Twitter stream and found some messages from concerned friends via DM telling me to be careful and be safe!  So I checked out what was trending and I saw that there was a big earthquake that hit Chile and that a lot of countries including the Philippines were under Tsunami alert!  Imagine if i did not check my Twitter stream I would have missed it and since it was already late, I wouldn’t have seen it until the next day when I watched the news on TV.

Twitter has been very instrumental in bringing fresh updates of news from all over the world. We even get the news from the news makers themselves if we are following them!  I found two cool videos.  One is about how a reporter uses Twitter as a journalist and one is about how Twitter has become the news source for a lot of people!

What is cool with Twitter being your first source is that most of the people who report it send links that are relevant to the topic.  You will usually see a # hashtag that easily connects you to all related posts on the subject being reported on!  The topics vary from celebrity updates, to social and business news, to the breaking news on current events.  You also get technology news first hand!

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Author: Misty Belardo

Misty is a Digital Activations Director for one of the most awarded interactive ad agencies in the Philippines. Her true love is design and self-expression. She believes in encouraging others to bring out their creativity to the surface and in whatever medium they feel comfortable with. A designer at heart that loves hand drawn design. She enjoys sketching, painting and doodling. Creating avatars and hand drawn icons and logos are her favorite. Gifted with a very active imagination and uses that to blog about her interactive experiences. Coffee and music lover. Loves social media, Twitter and FaceBook. Connect with her on Twitter @mistygirlph and FaceBook : Mistygirlph


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Anita Nelson

March 1st, 2010

So true! I bookmarked Twitter search’s trending topics on my phone so I can always know what’s going on!

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Laura Walker

March 2nd, 2010

I totally agree. Twitter is my source of news. My friends always wonder how I know all the news ;) I keep it secret. :)

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Milana

March 3rd, 2010

Agree!! i can even know the score of a sports thats not being broadcast in my country through a tweet. LOL (^‿^)b *great post

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Brent ~ the roseman

March 3rd, 2010

Ya, have to agree. Twitter informed me of stuff hours ahead of the news programs (even the ones on 24/7) Not only that, but Twitter offers a personal touch on the news, it offers a way to help. I particularly note @Alyssa_Milano for this, she is always coming up with new charities for helping Haiti and now Chile, or finding lost persons etc. She should get recognition for her humanity on Twitter, it’s so rare.

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