Journalists using it for a source of news was strange to me until I happened upon a journalism job posting for Post Media, a major news chain up here in Canada.

Journalists using it for a source of news was strange to me until I happened upon a journalism job posting for Post Media, a major news chain up here in Canada. The job required 5 stories a day. So you basically need at least one piece that takes a half hour to write and Twitter is good for that.