It comes from John Dickerson over at the Nieman report.He reminds us that journalists have reason to be frightened of it as the soundbite and the showbiz gossip take over the media
To many journalists and guardians of the trade, the idea that any journalist would willingly embrace a smaller space is horrifying and dumb. One journalism professor drew himself up to his full height and denounced Twitter journalism — or microjournalism, as someone unfortunately called it — as the ultimate absurd reduction of journalism.
However,
Twitter doesn't threaten the traditions of our craft. It adds, rather than subtracts, from what we do.by acting as a perfectly crafted notebook with the added bonus of airing your note book instantly into cyberspace.
As journalists we take people places they can't go. Twitter offers a little snapshot way to do this. It's informal and approachable and great for conveying a little moment from an event
The risk though as he quite rightly says is that
people spend all day Twittering and reading other people's Twitter entries and don't engage with the news in any other way
I think that it is early days for Twitter,let's wait and see how the medium develops
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