Comments on: Foursquare, journalism, and a sense of place http://www.jlittau.net/?p=755 Teaching, thinking, research, and training in multiplatform journalism Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:43:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Sanden Totten http://www.jlittau.net/?p=755&cpage=1#comment-354 Sanden Totten Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:35:19 +0000 http://www.jlittau.net/?p=755#comment-354 One potential use for journalists is that FourSquare could be a tool for gathering contacts of people involved in news events. If a journalist created a location that is something like say: The Sandbagging Effort in the Red River Valley, MN that targeted Fargo volunteer centers, people could check in as they go for a shift. If say a journalist needs to get in touch with someone fast they could see who was checked into the locations and message them. I like your thoughts of journalists using FourSquare to map communities too. I feel like there is a really obvious and great use for this tool that is just hiding around the corner and no one has put their finger on it yet. It's also a fun toy. One potential use for journalists is that FourSquare could be a tool for gathering contacts of people involved in news events. If a journalist created a location that is something like say: The Sandbagging Effort in the Red River Valley, MN that targeted Fargo volunteer centers, people could check in as they go for a shift. If say a journalist needs to get in touch with someone fast they could see who was checked into the locations and message them.

I like your thoughts of journalists using FourSquare to map communities too. I feel like there is a really obvious and great use for this tool that is just hiding around the corner and no one has put their finger on it yet. It’s also a fun toy.

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