We’ve pulled together some resources, from Twitter accounts to websites, to help journalists to keep tabs on the shooting of Rep. Giffords and many others in Tucson, Arizona. If you have some to add, please leave ‘em in comments below.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Possible YouTube page of alleged shooter Jared L. Laughner. Note his profile – it is written in past tense. “My favorite interest was reading,” “I had favorite books.” Last video on page is entitled “My Final Thoughts.”
Jared Lee Loughner’s MySpace page taken down. Last message on page was reportedly “Goodbye.”
Giffords’ tweet right before the event. (@Rep_Giffords) “My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind or tweet me later.”
Sarah Palin offers “condolences… to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords” on Facebook. Giffords has survived.
LR commenter Amanda Emily gives us an important note: “As a heads-up warning to producers who immediately hit Facebook for photos of alleged suspects, there are fake profiles being created. There’s at least three new ones posted within the last hour that I saw.”
TWITTER: FOLLOW
@tucsconcitizen (Their website is up-and-down so this is the only source from them)
@kvoa
@kgun9
@KOLD_news13
@Fox11NewsAZ
@matthewi
NY Times’ @briansteler
@Tucson_Police (Has not tweeted update as of this writing.)
@PimaSheriff (Has not tweeted update as of this writing.)
@mayorwalkup (Mayor of Tucson)
LIVE LOCAL COVERAGE STREAMING ONLINE:
KVOA
KGUN9
KOLD (CNN.com is streaming KOLD’s coverage.)
AZFamily.com
RELEVANT WEB INFORMATION:
NPR Strategist Andy Carvin is using Storify to report the story.
NYTimes Brian Stelter: “NPR appeared to be the first national news outlet to report, falsely, that Ms. Giffords had died. CNN, CBS, Fox News, and other entities also said that her death had been “confirmed.”
Pic on Arizona Daily Star shows “Jared Loughner, a volunteer” at a Tucson book fair.
Rep. Giffords website
Giffords Facebook Page
Palin’s PAC had a crosshairs on Giffords.
BreakingNews.com (Owned by MSNBC) Jesse Kelly held a “shoot an M16 with Jesse Kelley” event, promo leads with “Get on target.”
From March: Giffords on MSNBC talks about death threats.
Information about Judge John Roll
NASA profile of Giffords’ husband, astronaut Mark Kelly
Apologies for not giving credit to those who have been tweeting some of these links. We hope you will understand.
