The News Review:
- Twittering & blogging about terror
- Blogging in the wake of terror
- An unwanted record and blogging bouncers
- New old media good for each other Huffington says
Twittering & blogging about terror
Times of India India
Blogspopular networking and photo-sharing sites were abuzz with first-hand accountspictures and updates. Status messages too reflected the gamut ofemotions from anger at the terrorists to fear that the attacks might increasecommunal tensions. Users of Twitter a popular micro-blogging sitedocumented events in harrowing detail with tweets posted to the site at a rateof around 80 every five seconds. From requests for blood to helpline numbers ofhospitals the messages poured in. “I’ve been tweeting all night.
Blogging in the wake of terror
CNN
"I think it’s been an outpouring" said Neha Viswanathan a volunteer who monitors the blogosphere for online community. "I haven’t seen anything like this since I started watching blogs closely in the last three to four years. "People are using it as venting space right now. There is one stream of blogs that is talking about their own personal experiences; there’s a lot of sadness and a lot of anger. " Twenty-nine-year-old blogger Harish Iyer started his post –.
An unwanted record and blogging bouncers
CricInfo.com UK
Allan Border was also caught short 12 times but that was over a 156-match career; when he played his 100th Test he had only been run out eight times. Even the world’s most capped player Steve Waugh who was involved in some memorable foul-ups with his brother Mark only lost his wicket to that method four times. Blog brings bouncersIain O’Brien has been busy blogging during the series and during the Gabba Test he gave Australia’s bowlers something to file away for future use. His reflections on facing Mitchell Johnson included the line: “Bouncer oh s*** I hate bouncers. ” No great revelation for a tail-ender perhaps but it was no surprise that when O’Brien walked out at the fall of the eighth wicket in Adelaide that his first ball from Johnson was aimed at his head. So was his first delivery from Brett Lee. O’Brien was out for a duck but he may have had another excuse; in his blog after day one he said he had sought the advice of the team doctor after feeling lethargic for a couple of days.
New old media good for each other Huffington says
Reuters
Traditional journalists are blogging while bloggers are gaining credibility and stature in traditional media Huffington said in a Reuters interview ahead of Tuesday’s release of “The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging. The blogging guide published by Simon & Schuster provides tips on getting started and noticed as well as Huffington’s own views having created one of the most influential websites to gain prominence during the 2008 White House race. “There’s this real convergence where basically you found that the best and most accurate rose to the top whether it originated from Time magazine or from Nate Silver’s 538. com which did not exist before the election” she said.
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