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Tweeting Responsibly

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Super-storm Sandy once again has journalists talking about social media’s evolving role in breaking news coverage.  Using laptops and smartphones, many Americans on the eastern seaboard contributed to national coverage of the storm via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Some social media users also unwittingly contributed to the spread of misinformation, by sharing or retweeting links and updates that weren’t true. Word of mouth producer Taylor Quimbybrings us the story of what lessons can be learned from Sandy about how to responsibly tweetwhen news breaks…whether it’s a storm or a presidential election.

Taylor Quimby is Supervising Senior Producer of the environmental podcast Outside/In, Producer/Reporter/Host of Patient Zero, and Senior Producer of the serialized true crime podcast Bear Brook.
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