Andy Carvin “One-Man Twitter News Bureau”

Wednesday, 13 April 2011 | by Pat's Picks

The Washington Post writes a big feature on NPR’s Andy Carvin in today’s paper. You might know him better as @acarvin. A prodigious tweeter, Carvin has amassed 43,000 followers since the beginning of the political upheaval in the Middle East, when he became a “one-man Twitter news bureau.” He once sent 1400 messages in a single day.

Part of Carvin’s appeal is that he’s turned traditional newsgathering inside out, relying on and involving his “tweeps” to help him confirm or debunk stories, sources and facts. He says: “I’m raising more questions than I’m answering.”