Twitter is being embraced as a tool for journalists today, when only a few years ago online media was viewed negatively by many “traditional” journalists. The way information is shared has changed immensely since the beginning of online news services and is being shared at a rapid pace by everyone, not only journalists.

Kyra Kyles, a reporter and columnist for Tribune Redeye and broadcast contributor, says that Twitter inspires the topics she chooses to write about in her column and on her blog.

Tsunami, Indonesia by Photojournalist, Karl Grobl (@karlgrobl)

As the tsunami of the digital media revolution engulfs the globe, Journalism’s visual branch is now being played out in two teams; on one end of the spectrum are the citizen photojournalists and on the other end are the professionally trained photojournalists.

Bloggers equipped with camera phones, a basic knowledge of some photo editing software and access to a photo-sharing website are now capable of producing photographs.

What is the impact of this new wave of camera-phone photojournalism on a professionally trained photojournalist?

Twitter debuted a new homepage today (July 28, 2009, remember that date in history), and it shows a fundamental shift from “what are you doing?” to a new emphasis on real-time search and information distribution.

Ever wish there was a way to organize your chaotic Twitter stream into a series of columns, one with pictures, one with replies, one with retweets, one with generic chatter, and even one with potential story ideas?

Yes, there’s Tweetdeck for those familiar with Twitter, but now there’s a new option out there, designed with the journalist in mind: JournoTwit.

It’s June 2009. If you’re a journalist and you’re not on Twitter, you should be, in my humble opinion. It’s my hope that this blog will help skeptics find value in the service, teach newbies new tricks and also prove valuable to regular Tweeters.