About
Breaking Tweets is an independent news site that puts a spin on world news through the use of Twitter.
Founded on Jan. 31, 2009, the site seeks to:
1. put a personal touch and human voice on news events around the world
2. help people enhance their worldview or perspective of global events
3. increase dialogue about international news both on this site and on Twitter
The philosophy behind the site is “hyperlocal gone global.” There is an emphasis on what is happening in a specific place at a specific time and looks at how people are reacting to that event(s) in the area.
Tweets are manually selected by editors based on relevance and arranged to tell a story in a journalistic style. Those with pictures, videos, and/or eyewitness accounts from the scene are priority, while tweets with instant reaction to the news are also selected.
Generally, each story links to a media outlet of authority for brief background information on the news topic and for those seeking more information.
Breaking Tweets is not obsessed with “breaking the news,” there are plenty of outlets to do that, but at times, it does so anyway based on the tweets it collects. Instead, it is interested in chronicling key news events each day, creating an archive of these events and what people are saying about them on Twitter.
It also seeks to prove the value of Twitter as both a breaking news source and journalistic platform.
Follow Breaking Tweets on Twitter @breakingtweets.
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