(All times central. For another look at what happened, try the Google news timeline view.) 1:30 p.m. A gunman opens fire on soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. 2:10 p.m. MSNBC posts a story and sends a breaking news alert about the shooting. CNN did the same at 2:30 p.m. Original reports said seven people were [...]
On Wednesday, the Austin American-Statesman started a new Twitter account to track Hurricane Ike: @trackingike. Reporters Marty Toohey, Tony Plohetski and Patrick George, and photographer/videographer Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon (who Twittered about Hurricane Gustav as @trackinggustav; he has renamed the account @digitaljournals) all updated @trackingike from Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont. Internet editor Robert Quigley provided updates, [...]