Matthew Keys

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I make noise on the Internet. I also work for @Reuters.

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Twitter suspends reporter's account for NBC tweet
August 22, 2012

Twitter Inc and NBC Universal's move to suppress a British reporter's tweets related to the network's Olympics coverage may have backfired after the incident became fodder for Twitter cha...

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Twitter reinstates British journalist after outcry
August 22, 2012

Twitter Inc reinstated a British journalist's account on Tuesday and apologized after an outcry over his suspension for posting an NBC-Universal executive's email address on the service t...

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Time Magazine
2006 - Person of the Year
I was named Time Magazine's "Person of the Year" in 2006.
Online Journalism Award
2011 - Breaking News, Small Site (Finalist)
Finalist for the OJA in "Breaking News, Small Site" for aggregated coverage on the Tohoku, Japan earthquake and tsunami.
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Why did you become a journalist?
To give people access to information they may not otherwise be able to obtain.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
For distribution, I use SoundCloud for audio, Scribd for documents and Tumblr for video under five minutes (else, YouTube).

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