While social media is among the factors contributing to the demise of traditional forms of news-gathering, fortunately it brings with it an extremely strong undertow of innovation. This trend was best exemplified recently not by anyone at the Federal Trade Commission workshop on the future of journalism, but by the Seattle Times’ decision to experiment with Google’s Wave to cover a tragic event as it unfolded: the murder of four police officers in Lakeland, Wash., and the search for the shooter .

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