[12:38 am Pacific, 21 July 2013] As I skimmed my Twitter feed Saturday morning before heading off to teach a motorcycle safety class, I saw this tweet from Mark Knoller, CBS White House correspondent:
Knoller proceded to tweet an non-traditional obit, and not just because it was one-sentence-at-a-time via Twitter. I appreciated the personal detail as well as the recap of her accomplishments. I sent Knoller a tweet explaining how this might have been easily converted to a Storify; then at the urging of a colleague I pulled one together before heading to class.
Journalist Helen Thomas, first female member of WH Press Corps, dies at 92 – http://t.co/T6lRgQrTUp pic.twitter.com/HaBmygkbWI
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) July 20, 2013
After getting home, I decided to read the responses and retweets. I was not surprised to see a bit of venom, given the reminder from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes about the circumstances surrounding her ouster in 2010. I decided to add a bit about how the story came to be as well as responses that related to her role as a journalist. I did not include venomous tweets directed at either Knoller or Thomas.
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