Tweets provide a first draft of history – if the source can be trusted
People are turning to reliable Irish journalists who are making Twitter an authoritative source of breaking news. However, women journalists make up less than third of Ireland‘s top 100 news tweeters
No crisis is complete without its own set of hashtags, which is why we have been busy remembering to #Washourhands, #Flattenthecurve and #Stayathome. And just as much as the public health message has been pushed out on social media, so too has been the relentless flow of news on the Covid-19 crisis.
Twitter’s role as a source of breaking news has been more prominent than ever. Between the end of last year and this week, ...
