Pitfalls of Reporting Using Social Media


	Pitfalls of Reporting Using Social Media

Digidave

1-18-2008 12:30 AM

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If you want to be serious about beat blogging - read the full post. Below is just a recap, but in the full article the writer looks at benefits and pitfalls of Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and other social networks.

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