We have already witnessed the role social networking has played in protests across Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Saturday’s anti-cuts march organised by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) gave citizens, journalists and citizen journalists an opportunity to harness the power of twitter here in the UK.
The march went from London’s Embankment to Hyde Park drawing between 200,000 and 500,000 protesters over the course of the day (including a brass band). At 4p.m. the media spotlight fell upon Fortnum & Mason where the anti-tax evasion group UK Uncut were staging a peaceful bail-in. Later the media focused on Trafalgar Square where police-on-protester and protester-on-police violence took place as darkness fell.
One journalist who fully embraced Twitter both to communicate with those who were also present and to report for the wider public was the New Statesman‘s Laurie Penny, also known as Penny Red. Here is a link to her tweets.
Social Media in Journalism 
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