May 30, 2008

Twittering Through a Campus Lockdown

By CATHERINE RAMPELL

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Jim Groom, who used instant blogging to get information while a gunman prowled the campus.

Mr. Groom, an instructional-technology specialist at the University of Mary Washington, was attending a University of Richmond conference on May 6 when he was told of a gunman on the campus. He used Twitter, an instant-blogging service, for support and information. (A suspect, who police said was probably carrying a pellet gun, was later arrested.)

Q. How did

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