Andrew Beaujon
May 10, 2013
3:47 pm
NBC News's Anthony Quintano "was on the roof of One World Trade where all the iron workers were watching the spire rise," he tells Poynter in an email. (Workers at One World Trade
attached the building's spire Friday morning.) Quintano used his iPhone 5 to take the following
Instagram picture of a worker taking in the view.
- Courtesy Anthony Quintano
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Andrew Beaujon
May 7, 2013
5:06 pm
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Andrew Beaujon
Apr. 1, 2013
7:39 am
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Andrew Beaujon
Dec. 18, 2012
5:12 pm
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Jeff Sonderman
Dec. 10, 2012
11:36 am
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Jeff Sonderman
Nov. 5, 2012
3:41 pm
Giga OM | Gizmodo | Forbes | Time | New York Times
As
we suspected in the midst of Hurricane Sandy, the storm and its aftermath became the most-Instagrammed news event ever with
more than 800,000 photos posted.
Gizmodo blogger Sam Biddle argues that
it's unethical for people to use tragic events as fodder for their Instagram photos. He says it
"...becomes a gross, crass way for people to shellack their poor taste and poorer judgment across the face of tragedy. The reality of a natural disaster is shocking and compelling enough without augmenting its color. A flooded supermarket or a demolished apartment don’t need boosted contrast. They stand on their own."
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Jeff Sonderman
Oct. 29, 2012
3:14 pm
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom tells us via a spokeswoman: "There are now 10 pictures per second being posted with the hashtag #sandy -- most are images of people prepping for the storm and images of scenes outdoors."
The
total photos posted as of now:
PandoDaily's Sara Lacy asks whether "Hurricane Sandy ... could be
Instagram’s big citizen journalism moment."
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Jeff Sonderman
July 2, 2012
2:05 pm
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Keith Jenkins
June 19, 2012
10:06 am
The mind can sometimes play tricks on you.
After returning from a trip to Europe several months ago, I viewed some of the photos I had taken and was disappointed by how they turned out. I resolved (no pun intended) … Read more
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Steve Myers
May 14, 2012
7:02 am
There are three challenges in using social media content for reporting, as Storyful’s Mark Little has written: finding it, verifying it, and figuring out the best way to publish it.
In breaking news situations, reporters often rely on text … Read more
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