Collegiate Times Shifts Publishing to Twitter, Facebook for Shooting Coverage

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By: Steve Myers | Poynter.org

The website of Virginia Tech’s independent student newspaper, The Collegiate Times, is struggling with traffic as people seek information on a campus shooting Thursday. The home page now redirects to a sparsely designed “breaking news” page with a Twitter widget at the top and photos below. Shortly after 2 p.m. ET, the Times tweeted and posted to its Facebook page, “We are working to get our website back up. Just check Twitter and Facebook for constant updates.” The New York Times’ Brian Stelter tweeted, “Paper’s feed gained 10,000+ followers in 30 min.”

Mashable is updating a Storify with news and photos, including The Collegiate Times’ first tweets on the shooting.































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