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TV-UNPart 1 | Part 2 At the Media140 Sydney conference, this panel of journalism experts considers the impact of social media, in particular Twitter, on the reporting of the recent uprising in Tehran. Was it a 'Twitter revolution'? Can this form of crowd-sourcing be a reliable source of information? What impact did the new communications have on the ground? Panellists are: Mark Colvin (ABC's PM), Riyaad Minty (Head of Social Media, Al Jazeera), Tony Maniaty (UTS), Paul Cutler (SBS Head of News) and Jason Wilson (Uni of Wollongong). Chaired by Fran Kelly.Media140 Sydney, Eugene Goosens' Hall, November 2009
