http://www.sonapatel.net Multimedia journalist Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.sonapatel.net/2009/03/06/our-first-live-tweet/ http://www.sonapatel.net/2009/03/06/our-first-live-tweet/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:15:29 +0000 Sona http://www.sonapatel.net/2009/03/06/our-first-live-tweet/ When our crime and courts reporter told me last week that an infamous murder trial was set to begin on March 6, I immediately thought it would be a great opportunity for us to try a live Tweet.  She agreed so we set her up on a laptop and had her Twittering from inside the courtroom.  The murder trial began with opening statements from prosecutors and followed with testimonies from several witnesses. The trial is for a Cayucos man accused of killing his grandmother, stuffing her body into a suitcase and dumping it off a cliff somewhere near Ragged Point. I’ll spare you with the gruesome details, however, you can read them on our Twitter page to see how our reporter handled the case. Our experiment was a success and I hope to do more live Tweets in the future. And to all you Tweeters out there, be sure to follow @slotribune for breaking news updates throughout the day.

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