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Just an example of how Twitter can be/is used by (on the ball) journalists…
I was just about to head to bed and noticed danjones101 mention that he was stuck on a train for four hours because of a gunman on a train track. I did wonder to myself where @danjones101 was and what was happening, but then I noticed the Birmingham Post twitter a link to their news article on it… then journalist BhamPostJoanna twitters @danjones101 to get the story.
Will be interested to see if Dan Jones is quoted tomorrow…
EDIT: And in the time it took me to write this, danjones101 replied to BhamPostJoanna with contact details and BhamPostJoanna has emailed him.
EDIT (Thurs am): I sent BhamPostJoanna a link to this blog entry on Twitter and she replied with this:
You can read the article in full on the Birmingham Post website: “Rugby gunman hunt leaves passengers stranded”
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