These days, very often citizen reporting of dramatic events is being relied upon from sources such as Twitter, blogs, and cell phone photos and reports. The amount of information can be daunting to those needing to report on events or assemble a big picture.
Storify, based in San Francisco, is one of several Web start-ups — including Storyful, Tumblr and Color — that are developing ways to help journalists and others sift through the explosion of online content and publish the most relevant information.
Filtering the Social Web to Present News Items April 25, 2011, The New York Times