Boston Police Schooled Us All on Social Media

Yael Bar-tur is a former communications liaison for the Israeli Military and graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She has been an analyst for the New York City Police Department. Alejandro Alves also contributed to this article. They both write for presynched.com and tweet at @Yaelbt and @AlvesAA.

Those of us who spent the weekend simultaneously glued to televisions, police scanners and Twitter as the search for “Suspect #2” unfolded will walk away with some lessons in how information moves these days.

Disappointment in national media has become something of an Internet joke. But a serious consequence is the void in information that is both timely and reliable. Read more...