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Journalism and the Boston Marathon Bombings:
Timing, Trust, and Credibility in the Age of Twitter
During a roundtable conversation on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, invited guests and audience members discussed what we can learn from the coverage of the Marathon bombings.
Panelists included Boston Globe deputy managing editor for local news
Jennifer Peter; Globe reporter and 2013 Nieman Fellow
David Abel;
Cheryl Fiandaca, chief of public information for the Boston Police Department;
Seth Mnookin, co-director of MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing;
Callie Crossley, host of WGBH's “Under the Radar”; and The Washington Post's director of digital content
David Beard.
The forum was introduced by Nieman Foundation curator
Ann Marie Lipinski and was moderated by
James Geary, Nieman's deputy curator.
Selected tweets from the event: