Social Media As a Health News Source

For those of you who haven't made the digital leap from Facebook to Twitter, know that not every tweet elicits a groan from the reader. Sure, some of them are about the muffins someone had for breakfast or the dream someone had last night, but believe or not, Twitter is a pretty successful and informative site when it comes to news. Remember the potential jumper in Atlanta on Colony Square that T.I. talked down? Some of the pictures taken by real witnesses that were posted on Twitter were used in leading news coverage.

The immediacy of Twitter posting and the sheer number of people on the site make it a valuable place for getting the word out globally on just about anything, including health news.

Photo credit: Francesco Marino