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Live-tweeting history: 9/11 through the eyes of @AriFleischer

Monday, September 16, 2013 | By Sean Evins (@Evins), Partnerships Manager, Government & Politics Team [18:34 UTC]
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Ari Fleischer used Twitter to share firsthand memories of his experiences during the tragedy of 9/11.Read more…

Tweeting a Presidential speech

Wednesday, September 11, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [19:38 UTC]
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President Obama’s speech on Syria saw politicians turning to Twitter to follow and react to news in real time. See how they used it to tell their own stories.Read more…

#ATL24: CNN live-tweets a feature story

Monday, September 9, 2013 | By Andrew Fitzgerald (@magicandrew), Interim Head of News & Journalism Partnerships [22:04 UTC]
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Why 30 CNN journalists live-tweeted behind the scenes at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.Read more…

#CongratulationsTokyo

Monday, September 9, 2013 | By Lewis Wiltshire (@LewisWiltshire) [20:21 UTC]
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People from around the world joined Japan on Twitter to celebrate Tokyo’s winning bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.Read more…

#TweetDeckTips: Q&A with Zach Seward

Friday, September 6, 2013 | By Erica Anderson (@EricaAmerica) [18:58 UTC]
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Meet Quartz Senior Editor Zach Seward and learn how he uses TweetDeck.Read more…

Reporting on Dr. King's dream in 2013

Thursday, August 29, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [21:58 UTC]
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Presidents, civil rights leaders and citizens joined together today to mark the 50th anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech at the 1963 March on Washington. See how news organizations told that story on Twitter.Read more…

Commemorating the March on Washington

Thursday, August 29, 2013 | By Karen Wickre (@kvox), Editorial director [00:08 UTC]
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The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington was commemorated on Twitter.Read more…

The New York Times tests a new Tweet feature

Tuesday, August 27, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [18:52 UTC]
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The New York Times experiments with making it easy to tweet sentences within a story.Read more…

Why CEOs should be on Twitter

Thursday, August 22, 2013 | By gordonmacmillan (@gordonmacmillan), Editorial manager @TwitterUK [11:55 UTC]
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A recent survey carried out by Brandfog found that the vast majority of people trust a company more if the chief executive officer actively engages with social media. It was a point echoed by the three CEOs who appeared on stage at the recent Twitter event #TweetsFromTheTop.Read more…

Live-tweeting from the Whitey Bulger trial

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 | By Simon Rogers (@smfrogers), Data Editor [17:16 UTC]
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Journalists turn to Twitter when cameras aren’t allowed in the courtroom, to provide an inside view of the action. Here’s how it worked during the Whitey Bulger trial.Read more…
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