Event

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, address members of the media near a the search area for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass.  The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, address members of the media near a the search area for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Friday, April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass. The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead and his brother on the loose, authorities said Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Timing, Trust, and Credibility in the Age of Twitter

Boston Marathon Bombings thumbnailThe Boston Marathon bombings may well have been America’s first fully interactive national tragedy. During a roundtable conversation on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, invited guests and audience members discussed what we can learn from the coverage of the Marathon bombings.

Panelists included Boston Globe deputy managing editor for local news Jennifer Peter; Globe reporter and 2013 Nieman Fellow David Abel; Cheryl Fiandaca, chief of public information for the Boston Police Department; Seth Mnookin, co-director of MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing; Callie Crossley, host of WGBH’s “Under the Radar”; and The Washington Post’s director of digital content David Beard.

The forum was introduced by Nieman Foundation curator Ann Marie Lipinski and was moderated by James Geary, Nieman’s deputy curator.

Read a recap of the event in Nieman Reports