<p>Newsrooms are increasingly using social media to interact with their audience.(Photo: Lionel Bonaventure, AFP/Getty Images)Story HighlightsWhile Twitter has shortcomings, they are heavily outweighed by its strengthsTwitter serves as an invaluable early warning system and tip sheet, and a window into the zeitgeistSocial media are playing a positive role in cleaning up comments sections</p><p>SHARECONNECTEMAILMORE</p><p>I'm generally a big fan of New York Times columnist Joe Nocera. But I'm afraid he went seriously off the rails with his Tuesday column on Twitter.</p><p>In the piece, he explained why, despite the entreaties of his daughter, Kate, who covers Congress for BuzzFeed, he was not going to join the ranks of the nation's tweeters.</p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/18/rem-rieder-comes-to-the-defense-of-twitter/2521205/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57594255-93/twitter-updates-mobile-app-to-screen-for-porn-like-content/">Twitter updates mobile app to screen for porn-like content</a> (CNET)</p><p><a href="http://www.webpronews.com/twitters-mobile-apps-now-warn-you-of-sensitive-media-inside-tweets-2013-07">Twitter&#039;s Mobile Apps Now Warn You of &#039;Sensitive Media&#039; inside Tweets</a> (WebProNews)</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/apps/2013/07/17/twitters-mobile-app-now-censors-sensitive-media-by-default/">Twitter&#039;s mobile app now censors sensitive media by default</a> (The Next Web)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d9UkB91bij94tAM0cyzEib-skH24M&ned=us">13 additional articles.</a></p>