Study: Twitter Still Top Source for Breaking News

New York Observer: A new study of 4,700 social media users by the American Press Institute says that Twitter excels in breaking news. As any journalist can tell you, timelines get quite crowded when news breaks, and the study offers empirical proof of this — 70 percent of those surveyed said they had used Twitter in the last month to follow a news story in real time. More than that, users actively participate during breaking news situations.