I'm sitting in a talk at PodCampDC featuring Jim Long, Verge New Media, and Andy
Carvin, NPR about Social Media and the New Journalism. They're talking
about tools like Twitter, Utterz and Qik and how each tool is changing
the way new coverage happens in real time.

Wildfires in California.

An unprecedented earthquake in the Mid-West.

A tragic shooting at Virginia Tech.

All newstories that featured first person accounts via Twitter.

For the first time ever, Twitter empowers citizen journalists to tell their side of the story and make news.

A tool like Utterz allows real people to ask the mainstream media serious and important real-time questions.

You can check out the entire discussion here: http://qik.com/andycarvin