Buzzmachine
Jeff Jarvis looks at recent demonstrations of live news coverage, such as Brian Stelter’s tweets from Joplin, Mo., and Andy Carvin’s tweets documenting the Arab Spring, and wonders whether they show that articles are sometimes “a value-added luxury” or a “byproduct of the process.” After describing the benefits of news articles (context, multiple perspectives) he writes: “They are no longer necessary for every event. They were a necessary form for newspapers and news shows but not the free flow, the never-starting, never-ending stream of digital.” || On the other hand: Mathew Ingram of GigaOM says all those tweets can be overwhelming and increases the need for a packaged approach. || Not buying it: A commenter reads Stelter’s tweets and concludes, “It’s not useful to read half-digested notes.”
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