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The BBC is moving from using Twitter as a tool to find information to a tool for breaking news. So how does that affect how the BBC covers stories?
The Stephen Lawrence case marked a watershed in the way the BBC does things. The Lord Chief Justice ruled that from now on journalists can tweet from courts in England and Wales - so long as they are 'reporting'. The judge in the Redknapp trial promptly banned it after a breach of reporting restrictions. What next?
College of Journalism website editor Matthew Eltringham discusses the implications - editorial and practical - with a panel of BBC journalists most closely involved in developing the BBC's use of Twitter as a journalistic tool:
Panel
Philippa Thomas - reported the Lawrence verdicts from outside the Old Bailey
Dominic Casciani - tweeted from inside the court
Dominic Ball - edits the Six O'Clock News on BBC Radio 4
Huw Owen - news change manager.
When:
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Wednesday 1 February 2012
Where:
Meeting Room 4
6th Floor Suite
TV Centre
