December 4th, 2015
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Zoom Snapchat positions itself as breaking news platform with San Bernardino coverage “Snapchat is not typically a place you’d go to for information about a breaking news story. But the messaging app ran a story on the San Bernardino mass shooting...

Snapchat positions itself as breaking news platform with San Bernardino coverage

Snapchat is not typically a place you’d go to for information about a breaking news story. But the messaging app ran a story on the San Bernardino mass shooting Wednesday, providing its 100+ million users with updates and images from people at the scene.

Snapchat typically runs a Los Angeles local story every day (it also runs one in New York City and London), allowing users to contribute their photos and videos. On Wednesday the network made the San Bernardino story available to everyone in the U.S., a first for Snapchat.

Do you think Snapchat’s coverage is compelling or an inappropriate way to cover a tragic event?  

(Source: Mashable)

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