As news of the death of Nelson Mandela spread across the globe MarkLives Editor-at-Large Simone Puterman took screen grabs of how news web sites broke the story.
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Twitter breaks news, but will it break journalism?
Twitter’s value to breaking news quickly and efficiently is beyond doubt, but the accuracy of the news being reported is far from perfect.
SA Newspapers sees growth in followers on Twitter
MarkLives is tracking SA newspapers using Twitter to try and gauge which if any are implementing strategies that could benefit both users (followers in Twitter tongue) and publication. We published the first data in December last year.