Every day, news is made on Twitter, not Facebook -- that's why the social network giant is taking another crack at becoming the go-to tool for journalists, as well as for breaking news. First came embeddable posts, Trending Topics, hashtags and Paper -- the news magazine app that was launched in February.
The latest of several attempts to be a real-time news source like microblogging site, Twitter, this new tool is supposed to help with separating the news from the noise. Enter FB Newswire, a tool that is supposed to make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content from Facebook.
Facebook announced the new service on Thursday, acting as a news aggregator that is verified by Storyful, a self-proclaimed 'news agency of the social media age,' according to its website. Storyful typically discovers newsworthy stories, verifies, acquires and delivers the social content to newsrooms.
With FB Newswire, Storyful is essentially doing the same process, except it is shared publicly on Facebook. Using public status updates on the social media site from individuals and organizations, the aggregated content will include everything from photos to videos to text -- all for journalists to use in their reporting.
CBS News reached out to Facebook for comment. This story will be updated if the company responds.
Twitter has become a destination for journalists to find trending stories, post news and even to reach out to potential sources. Facebook appears to want to change that. After adding new features and making some changes to its news feed, referral traffic from Facebook to media sites grew more than four times in 2013, according to the company, without actually specifying what that number was.
Even though the social media giant appears to be trying to overtake Twitter, it seems that it can't be free of its microblogging competitor -- FB Newswire also has a Twitter account, in addition to its Facebook page.
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