Twittering a murder trial

I’ve been playing with Twitter the past few days, trying to understand the strange appeal of posting and perusing 140-character tweets from friends. Along came veteran Wichita Eagle court reporter Ron Sylvester to demonstrate Twitter’s effectiveness as a news tool. Ron has been following a hot local murder trial, posting frequent updates via Twitter. It’s dramatic, informative and addicting to follow Ron’s posts, known as tweets. Just a few days into the trial, the American Bar Association Journal has posted an online story on Ron’s experiment.