How a tweet can change your day

This week I am doing TV with QUT News. I had my first day today and got to the newsroom super early. I was searching brisbanetimes.com.au and other online news sites to see what I could find when I thought I should check out Twitter.

To my surprise and benefit, Susan had tweeted about a fire at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in South Brisbane. I told Steve our Chief of Staff about the fire and he said as soon as a crew was in, the story was mine. And so by just checking what was happening on Twitter at the right time (and following the right people), I had my first story.

I would love to link you through to my story but technical glitches mean it's not quite up yet- stay tuned and I'll send it out as soon as it's up.

A photo I tweeted from the scene yesterday