WBUR
Andy Carvin and Clay Shirky spent an hour on WBUR's "On Point" program Tuesday morning discussing Twitter's impact on media and the world. In one of several insightful exchanges, Carvin explained how Twitter helps him cover the Arab spring uprisings:

"What I find Twitter most useful for is seeing my Twitter followers as my newsroom, because I don't really have a staff of people who can help me do research and serve as producers for me or editors for me. (more...)

NPR senior strategist and Twitter maven Andy Carvin tweeted an astounding 1,201 times this weekend, including 879 on Sunday, according to Twittercounter.com. The flurry came as he covered the escalating Libyan revolution. At the close of Sunday, Carvin noted he "wouldn't be surprised if this is the most I've tweeted in a single day since Mubarak resigned. Around 900 tweets so far. Oy." It is at least the most in the past six months, according to Twitter Counter.

The 879 tweets sent Aug. 21 were at least 162 more than any other day in the past six months. (Source: Twittercounter.com)

Related: Twitter users debate whether 1,201 tweets is too many.

Washington Post
Andy Carvin's following on Twitter has more than doubled since he started tweeting about the Middle East in December. "There isn’t really a name for what Carvin does -- tweet curator? social-media news aggregator? interactive digital journalist? -- but that may be because this form of reporting is still being invented," writes Paul Farhi. "By Carvin, among others." || CJR.org: Is this the world's best Twitter account?