Comments on: Wikipedia as Vital Breaking News Source

By: links for 2008-12-01 — contentious.com

links for 2008-12-01 — contentious.com — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:01:47 +0000

[...] Wikipedia as Vital Breaking News Source – Center for Citizen Media "Also: Once I wondered whether Wikinews would be a valuable journalism source. It’s increasingly clear that Wikipedia itself is vastly more important when it comes to major events. Compare the Wikipedia entry above to the Wikinews Mumbai entry, and you’ll see why." (tags: wikis news credibility breaking+news tidbits+fodder) [...]

By: Musing about Twitter and crises and participation

Musing about Twitter and crises and participation — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:25:37 +0000

[...] in 2002, makes two critical points about the difference between social media and MSM in his post Wikipedia as Vital Breaking News Source: one, the significantly higher frequency of updates in social media and two, the incredible [...]

By: “Where the news is breaking” « Mordennau

“Where the news is breaking” « Mordennau — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:35:23 +0000

[...] mentre Charles Arthur (sempre sul Guardian; molto interessante anche il pezzo di Jessica Reed) e Dan Gilmor notano soprattutto l’accuratezza e la velocità della pagina dedicata agli eventi da [...]

By: Piet Bakker

Piet Bakker — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:45:09 +0000

I was even more fascinated by the Coveritlive reporting done on some websites. Dutch free daily De Pers had the minute by minute account running in its story on Mumbai. Felt as if you were very close. See: http://tinyurl.com/6qgp5d

By: Real Time Citizen Journalism in Mumbai Terrorist Attacks | Gauravonomics Blog

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:59:41 +0000

[...] Dan Gillmor has written a nice post onthe role of Wikipedia as a news breaking source in the Mumbai terrorist attacks. [...]

By: Gaurav Mishra

Gaurav Mishra — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:53:20 +0000

@Dan: Yes, Wikipedia, along with Twitter and NowPublic, has been the most important source of news updates on the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Here’s a roundup of social media citizen journalism coverage on the Mumbai terrorist attacks: http://www.gauravonomics.com/blog/real-time-citizen-journalism-in-mumbai-terrorist-attacks/