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Tips For Live Tweeting An Event Live tweets from an event are a great way to catch people's attention and build a following. Especially if they're done right. I've live tweeted several events, most notably Barack Obama's Inauguration...

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10 Pros And 10 Cons Of Twitter For Journalists Like anything, Twitter has its advantages and disadvantages. Whether you're new to Twitter or not, it's important you're able to identify these and adjust to use Twitter in the best ways possible. Here's...

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How To Verify A Tweet Twitter is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter if you have 100 followers or 10,000, you can break news. That's because all tweets are recorded and indexed at search.twitter.com. If someone types the...

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Short And Sweet: A New Generation Of News If it's not in 140 characters or less, you may lose them. They glance at what you say. If you're good, they may spend a few extra seconds. If not, they've moved on. Words. Links. Short, sweet, and...

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The Many Ways Journalists Can Use Twitter Because of its simplicity, Twitter has great potential for many different uses and applications. With a little creativity, the possibilities are nearly endless. A recent survey out of Norway sheds...

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Mississippi Tornadoes Kill 10 People

Posted by Lisa Franklin | Posted in News | Posted on 25-04-2010

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Mississippi tornadoes turn deadly, killing a reported 10 people Saturday. Residents are devastated by property damage and injuries resulting from the tornadoes that came without much time to prepare. The Mississippi tornadoes list as multiple trending topics on Google late into Saturday night.

The Associated Press posted a raw video of a Mississippi tornado on Youtube Sunday.

Two Al-Qaida Suspects Killed In Yemen

Posted by Lisa Franklin | Posted in News | Posted on 18-04-2010

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Five days after Al-Qaida is linked with militant attacks in the Philippines, it is being reported that two suspected members of Al-Qaida have been killed in a clash with soldiers in Yemen.