How a tweet of a photo turned a social network into a news site

CNN recounts how social networks are becoming key ways in which news is distributed and discovered by digitally-active citizens.

More people are turning to social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr when news breaks to share stories and pictures.

As I have said many times before, this means news organizations, such as ours, have to get out onto social networks and become trusted friends with people, if we want to stay vital in the coming decades.