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Twitter fills new editorial role with one the world's most innovative journalists.... Twitter has hired Simon Rogers, former news editor and data journalist at The Guardian, to be its first ever Data Editor. The position was created with the sole job of uncovering stories from tweets. Below is what Rogers wrote about his new job in a blog post:
"Twitter has become such an important element in the way we work as journalists. It’s impossible to ignore, and increasingly at the heart of every major event, from politics to sport and entertainment. As data editor, I’ll be helping to explain how this phenomenon works. And I can’t imagine a better job than getting to tell stories based on some of the most amazing data around...."
This is a really interesting move by twitter and seems to indicate its recognition that news and storytelling will be critical in the near future.