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A post-election analysis of the Twitter Vote Report

November 9, 2008

“Our sweepers were empowered to ‘dismiss’ certain reports.”*  – Twitter Vote Report’s “Lead Sweeper”     The Twitter Vote Report was promoted as a “non-partisan, all-volunteer network” in which voters with cell phones and accounts on the micro-blogging site Twitter could text message or post voting experiences. An analysis of the Twitter Vote Report shows, however, that [...]

Tomorrow’s Tweets: News media trip from Tahoe Sept. 16

September 15, 2008

  I’ll be tweeting live tomorrow from the Tahoe backcountry on a media relations excursion (cell phone coverage depending, of course). A local TV news crew is doing a Lake Tahoe backcountry feature on horseback. I’ll be tagging along and documenting it as we head from Spooner Lake to the grand vistas of the Sierras, which [...]