Jennifer Preston

Staff Writer, New York Times

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Journalist. First social media editor @nytimes. Now using UGC for NYT's @thelede for breaking news and multi-media storytelling. Tips? jepresto@nytimes.com

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Love Wikipedia but @Salon looks at what happens when anonymity allows corruption driven by revenge. salon.com/2013/05/17/rev… via

Revenge, ego, and the corruption of Wikipedia

salon.com — In the wee hours of the morning of January 27, 2013, a Wikipedia editor named "Qworty" made a series of 14 separate edits to the Wikipedia page for the late writer Barry Hannah, a well-regarded Southern novelist with a taste for the Gothic and absurd. Qworty cut paragraphs that included quotes from Hannah's work.
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Images From Connecticut Train Derailment

thelede.blogs.nytimes.com — Two Metro-North trains collided after a derailment near Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, injuring at least 60 people, five of them critically, according to Governor Dannel P. Malloy. Commuters on the trains, and local reporters, began posting images from the scene almost as soon as the collision occurred.
RT @StuartMarcusMD: 41 patients seen @StVincentsMC from #mta train derailment in #bridgeportct. 11 already released. Very proud of our exc…
RT @GovMalloyOffice: 60 people have been taken to the hospital. There are five people in critical condition, one in very critical conditio…
RT @esills: "If I know you, I can help you." —@sree It is true. This man is incredibly generous. #cjsm
RT @nycjim: Video of Toronto mayor slapping refrigerator magnets on cars earlier this week. bit.ly/10GYdgY

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford bolts from meeting to put fridge magnets on cars

thestar.com — Minutes after Mayor Rob Ford arrived at a contentious community council meeting in Etobicoke on Tuesday evening, he bolted out of his seat, sprinted up an aisle, and left the building - to wander around the parking lot putting "Rob Ford Mayor" magnets on the doors of cars.
@AlexisGelber Thank you for your kind words. Am happy to chat about ugc/,social media anytime.
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