no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . may 2012 breaking tweets founded january 2009 headquarters chicago il united states founder s craig kanalley industry news slogan s world news twitter style website www.breakingtweets.com alexa rank 10 673 292 april 2014 update 1 type of site news aggregation & blogging breaking tweets is an international journalism news web site that tracks world news through the use of twitter and distributes its content via the internet . it considers its content to be hyperlocal gone global personalizing major news events through relevant tweets from around the world . 2 since launching on january 31 2009 the site has launched three spin off sites breaking tweets sports breaking tweets entertainment and breaking tweets chicago . the main site the world version received visits from 194 countries and more than 100 news organizations in its first six months . 3 contents 1 notable stories 2 reviews 3 the class 4 references 5 external links notable stories edit the site has been known to provide tweets sent from the scene of breaking news events . it posted tweets from the scene of an apparent attack on the dutch royal family in the netherlands on april 30 2009 . 4 the site was recognized by the poynter institute for media studies for its coverage of the iranian presidential election 2009 particularly its ability to provide information from iran through a network of trusted sources . 5 one day after the poynter article was published the site s founder claimed that breaking tweets was blocked in iran . 6 it also posted tweets from the scene of the 2009 jakarta bombings on july 17 . 7 reviews edit the site has been noted for its innovation in the journalism community . in addition to recognition for its coverage of the iran election the poynter institute for media studies also reviewed the site in april 2009 stating its usefulness organizing the scattershot universe of all tweets into comprehensible topics about specific places times and reaction to news events . 8 journalism.co.uk highlighted the site s ability to personalize the news in its review . 9 other reviews on the site have been posted by blogs around the world . the biggest criticism of the site is that it is operated in english only . a blog in russia mentioned the language barrier but also said the site was very creative . 10 a french blog called breaking tweets a mashup of a hot news with tweets directly linked to this news stating that tweets are manually selected by journalists and arranged so that they fit in a natural way in an article to tell the story authentically . 11 the site has also been reviewed by blogs in australia germany switzerland and greece . 12 13 14 15 the class edit students at depaul university contributed to breaking tweets in the fall of 2009 as part of the class digital editing from breaking news to tweets which depaul says is believed to be the first college level journalism course focused solely on twitter and its applications . 16 breaking tweets was specifically mentioned in articles about the class by the los angeles times 17 wall street journal 18 gawker 19 and the chronicle of higher education . 20 references edit breakingtweets.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2014 04 01 . http www.breakingtweets.com about http www.breakingtweets.com 2009 07 31 letter from the editor breaking tweets turns six months old http www.breakingtweets.com 2009 04 30 apparent attack on dutch royal family fails at parade on queens day http www.poynter.org column.asp id 31 & aid 165635 http blog.craigkanalley.com 2009 06 breakingtweetscom blocked in iran.html http www.breakingtweets.com 2009 07 16 twitter user reports from scene of jakarta explosions http www.poynter.org column.asp id 31 & aid 162515 http www.journalism.co.uk 5 articles 534013.php http www.trendblog.ru p 1281 http www.bloxx.fr 2009 02 26 breaking tweets une nouvelle maniere de raconter linformation http www.toptenblogtips.com 10 defining factors breaking tweets http www.tweetnews.de 2009 02 26 twitter reaktionen zu den aktuellen nachrichten aus der welt breaking tweets http trendweb.ch p 13 http laptopblog.gr laptop tools breaking tweets % cf % 84 % ce % b1 % ce % bd % ce % ad % ce % b1 % cf % 84 % ce % bf % cf % 85 % ce % ba % cf % 8c % cf % 83 % ce % bc % ce % bf % cf % 85 % cf % 83 % cf % 84 % ce % bf % cf % 83 % cf % 84 % ce % b9 % ce % bb % cf % 84 % ce % bf % cf % 85 twitter http newsroom.depaul.edu newsreleases shownews.aspx nid 2099 http latimesblogs.latimes.com washington 2009 09 twitter 101 a college class all about tweets.html http blogs.wsj.com speakeasy 2009 09 01 twitter 101 depaul universitys social media prof gives his syllabus http gawker.com 5350415 twitter investigative journalism 101 the syllabus http chronicle.com blogpost j schoolers at depaul u study 7904 external links edit breakingtweets.com breaking tweets chicago 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