Stringwire
Who's writing - and shooting - the news these days?
You are!
NBC News has recently acquired both a product, and its brainchild, with the addition and implementation of something called "Stringwire."
Based on the notion that Twitter is first and foremost with most breaking action - and I can attest to this, having gotten accurate reports of the effects of a Canadian earthquake a couple of summers ago from Twitter, not from the news, or even the U.S. Geological department - Stringwire monitors Tweets from breaking news, and then instructs Twitterers to click on a special NBC link and keep tweeting and shooting.
Stringwire then uses this on-the-scene information to keep the news coming as news crews rush to the scene of the action for more professional coverage.
Imagine, if you will, the rescue of that young lady kidnapped and in the woods in Idaho if her horse-back rescuers had not only noted the suspicious looking situation, but had actually tweeted and video recorded the situation as it was happening. We'd have all been witness to what happened, as it was happening.
NBC News also promises to do its best to vet this information so that the "heat of battle" won't distort the story.
The technology is the brainchild of recent NYU grad Philip Groman, who has become a "Product Lead" at NBC News, which is evidently now churning out tech products along with news stories.
Stay tuned!
You are!
NBC News has recently acquired both a product, and its brainchild, with the addition and implementation of something called "Stringwire."
Based on the notion that Twitter is first and foremost with most breaking action - and I can attest to this, having gotten accurate reports of the effects of a Canadian earthquake a couple of summers ago from Twitter, not from the news, or even the U.S. Geological department - Stringwire monitors Tweets from breaking news, and then instructs Twitterers to click on a special NBC link and keep tweeting and shooting.
Stringwire then uses this on-the-scene information to keep the news coming as news crews rush to the scene of the action for more professional coverage.
Imagine, if you will, the rescue of that young lady kidnapped and in the woods in Idaho if her horse-back rescuers had not only noted the suspicious looking situation, but had actually tweeted and video recorded the situation as it was happening. We'd have all been witness to what happened, as it was happening.
NBC News also promises to do its best to vet this information so that the "heat of battle" won't distort the story.
The technology is the brainchild of recent NYU grad Philip Groman, who has become a "Product Lead" at NBC News, which is evidently now churning out tech products along with news stories.
Stay tuned!
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