The document discusses how Twitter can be used for mobile reporting and citizen journalism. It provides examples of how Al Jazeera reporters use Twitter to report from the field and gather eyewitness information. The document also explores how geotagging and hashtags help authenticate Twitter posts and make reported information searchable.

1. Safdar Mustafa safdar.mustafa@aljazeera.net
Head of Mobile Media
http://twitter.com/safdar
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2. Relevance
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3. Distributed Distribution
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6. Participatory Culture
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7. http://www.businessinsider.com/2009/1/us-airways-crash-rescue-picture-citizen-jouralism-twitter-at-work
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9. Authentication
Q: How do you verify the location of a Tweet?
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10. Twitter geo-tagging feature
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11. Mobile Reporting
How Al Jazeera
Reporters do it
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16. Mobile Reporting:
The Chad Explosion
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17. http://twitter.com/aymanm !
#gaza
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