On September 11, 2001 I first learned of the national catastrophe via the Web. Immediately I went looking for a television to validate what I had seen. I spent most of that day watching CNN.
But this week I have heard of several big news stories from television only to scramble for my smartphone or laptop to learn what was really going on. I’ve come to find online news and journalist publishing through social media, like Twitter, are faster and more detailed in their reporting than traditional broadcast TV.
Tonight, CNBC’s Darren Rovell, sent — via Twitter — me to Urban Meyer’s resignation letter. ESPN’s TV announcers could only tell me he resigned. This is hardly a repudiation of cable news. But it does say something about how I consume news and information, what I’ve come to trust and how media companies need to reach me. And I doubt I’m alone.
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