Breaking Tweets

The site was known to provide tweets sent from the scene of breaking news events. It posted tweets from the scene of an apparent attack on the Dutch royal family in the Netherlands on April 30, 2009.{{Cite web |last=Kanalley |first=Craig |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Apparent Attack on Dutch Royal Family Fails at Parade on Queen's Day |url=http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/04/30/apparent-attack-on-dutch-royal-family-fails-at-parade-on-queens-day |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906191543/http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/04/30/apparent-attack-on-dutch-royal-family-fails-at-parade-on-queens-day/ |archive-date=September 6, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Breaking Tweets}}

The site was recognized by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies for its coverage of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, particularly its ability to provide information from Iran through a network of trusted sources.{{Cite web |last=Iverson |first=Barbara |date=June 24, 2009 |title=Breaking Tweets Web Site Helps Track Updates about Iran |url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id%3D31%26aid%3D165635 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805090343/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=165635 |archive-date=August 5, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Poynter Online}} One day after the Poynter article was published, the site's founder claimed that Breaking Tweets was blocked in Iran.{{Cite web |last=Kanalley |first=Craig |date=June 28, 2009 |title=BreakingTweets.com Blocked in Iran |url=http://blog.craigkanalley.com/2009/06/breakingtweetscom-blocked-in-iran.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701091924/http://blog.craigkanalley.com/2009/06/breakingtweetscom-blocked-in-iran.html |archive-date=July 1, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=blog.craigkanalley.com}}

It also posted tweets from the scene of the 2009 Jakarta bombings on July 17.{{Cite web |last=Kanalley |first=Craig |date=July 16, 2009 |title=Twitter User Reports from Scene of Jakarta Explosions |url=http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/07/16/twitter-user-reports-from-scene-of-jakarta-explosions |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722072404/http://www.breakingtweets.com/2009/07/16/twitter-user-reports-from-scene-of-jakarta-explosions/ |archive-date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Breaking Tweets}}

The site was noted for its innovation in the journalism community. In addition to recognition for its coverage of the Iran election, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies also reviewed the site in April 2009, stating its usefulness "organizing the scattershot universe of all Tweets into comprehensible topics about specific places, times, and reaction to news events."{{Cite web |last=Iverson |first=Barbara |date=April 30, 2009 |title=Breaking Tweets Organizes Twitter |url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id%3D31%26aid%3D162515 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810110503/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31&aid=162515 |archive-date=August 10, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Poynter Online}} Journalism.co.uk highlighted the site's ability to personalize the news in its review.{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Laura |date=2009 |title=Breaking Tweets: Personalising the News Using Twitter |url=http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/534013.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803121519/http://www.journalism.co.uk/5/articles/534013.php |archive-date=August 3, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Journalism.co.uk}}

Other reviews on the site were posted by blogs around the world. The biggest criticism of the site was that it operated in English only.

A blog in Russia mentioned the language barrier but also said the site was "very creative."{{Cite web |author=alexei_morozov |date= February 28, 2009 |script-title=ru:О микроблоггинге #16: Twitterfone, Twit2do, Toanswer, Breakingtweets и Href.in |url=http://www.trendblog.ru/?p=1281 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008095249/http://www.trendblog.ru/?p=1281 |archive-date=October 8, 2011 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Trend Blog |language=ru}}

A French blog called Breaking Tweets "a mashup of a hot news with tweets directly linked to this news", stating that tweets were manually selected by journalists and "arranged so that they fit in a natural way in an article to tell the story authentically."{{Cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Thien |date=February 26, 2009 |title=Breaking Tweets, une nouvelle manière de raconter l'information |url=http://www.bloxx.fr/2009/02/26/breaking-tweets-une-nouvelle-maniere-de-raconter-linformation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628035539/http://www.bloxx.fr/2009/02/26/breaking-tweets-une-nouvelle-maniere-de-raconter-linformation/ |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Bloxx |language=fr}}

The site was also reviewed by blogs in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and Greece.{{Cite web |title=10 Defining Factors: Breaking Tweets |url=http://www.toptenblogtips.com/10-defining-factors-breaking-tweets/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214085509/http://www.toptenblogtips.com/10-defining-factors-breaking-tweets/ |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Top Ten Blog Tips}}{{Cite web |last=Willing |first=Milos |date=February 26, 2009 |title=Twitter Reaktionen zu den aktuellen Nachrichten aus der Welt – Breaking Tweets |url=http://www.tweetnews.de/2009/02/26/twitter-reaktionen-zu-den-aktuellen-nachrichten-aus-der-welt-breaking-tweets/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029133945/http://www.tweetnews.de/2009/02/26/twitter-reaktionen-zu-den-aktuellen-nachrichten-aus-der-welt-breaking-tweets/ |archive-date=October 29, 2009 |access-date=August 8, 2009 |website=Tweetnews Blog |language=de}}

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Students at DePaul University contributed to Breaking Tweets in the fall of 2009 as part of the class "Digital Editing: From Breaking News to Tweets", which DePaul said was "believed to be the first college-level journalism course focused solely on Twitter and its applications".{{Cite web |date=August 31, 2009 |title=DePaul Explores New Frontiers of Journalism with Courses on Twitter, Entrepreneurial Journalism |url=http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=2099 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905035035/http://newsroom.depaul.edu/NewsReleases/showNews.aspx?NID=2099 |archive-date=September 5, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2009 |website=DePaul University}}

Breaking Tweets was specifically mentioned in articles about the class by the Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web |last=Milian |first=Mark |date=September 2, 2009 |title=Twitter 101: A College Class All Abt Tweets (97) |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/09/twitter-101-a-college-class-all-about-tweets.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907031004/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/09/twitter-101-a-college-class-all-about-tweets.html |archive-date=September 7, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2009 |website=Los Angeles Times}} Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news |last=Kurutz |first=Steven |date=September 1, 2009 |title=Twitter 101: DePaul University's Social Media Prof Gives His Syllabus |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/09/01/twitter-101-depaul-universitys-social-media-prof-gives-his-syllabus/ |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326015337/https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/09/01/twitter-101-depaul-universitys-social-media-prof-gives-his-syllabus/ |archive-date=March 26, 2018}} Gawker,{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Ryan |date=September 1, 2009 |title=Twitter 'Investigative' Journalism 101: The Syllabus |url=http://gawker.com/5350415/twitter-investigative-journalism-101-the-syllabus |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904200206/http://gawker.com/5350415/twitter-investigative-journalism-101-the-syllabus |archive-date=September 4, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2009 |website=Gawker}} and The Chronicle of Higher Education.{{Cite web |last=Parry |first=Marc |date=September 2, 2009 |title=J-Schoolers at DePaul U. Study Breaking Tweets |url=http://chronicle.com/blogPost/J-Schoolers-at-DePaul-U-Study/7904/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906011446/http://chronicle.com/blogPost/J-Schoolers-at-DePaul-U-Study/7904 |archive-date=September 6, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2009 |website=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.breakingtweets.com/ breakingtweets.com]
• [http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/breaking-tweets-chicago Breaking Tweets Chicago]

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