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Everyone who has one (and who doesn't have one by now) knows that Twitter is the fastest way to stay up to date with current events. The micro-blog has completely changed how we all get knews and realizing that, journalist have now taken up using it as a tool to share breaking news stories with the world.

Or at least, they did. Seems big news corporations are cracking down on their staffs to ensure that their network gets all the coverage and hits from a story, not their team's Twitter pages. With that in mind, BBC sent out a memo to their staffers yesterday, announcing that reporters are NOT allowed to break news stories on Twitter before they tell their newsroom colleagues.

Chris Hamilton, the BBC's social media editor, elaborated on the decision, saying:

Tags: audience, bbc, cover, journalist, network, reporter, tweet, twitter

As of this week, Oprah Winfrey is in Port-au-Prince with Sean Penn to try and offer aid to the poor souls who were made homeless due to the 2010 earthquake. However, it seems her presence has done more harm than good, at least to one journalist who was caught in the crossfires of her security detail.

It seems Big O's camp didn't realize the man was a legit journalist, not a paparazzi. A fellow member of the press actually saw a guard drag the Haitian photographer into a small police station at the camp where Sean and Oprah were visiting. The police interrogated him for over and hour and a half, insisting that he erase his camera memory if he was to be let free. Finally, a senior police inspector arrived ordered the photographer released.

Winfrey's spokesman

Tags: haiti, journalist, oprah winfrey, paparazzi, photographer, police, sean penn

MSNBC host and NBC's chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell reported some troubling personal news this week.

The 64-year-old journalist shared with her viewers at the end of Andrea Mitchell Reports that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

Fortunately, doctors caught the cancer early during an annual screening and had not spread.

While her prognosis is "terrific", she emphasized the importance of attending regular check ups, saying:

"I’m looking at this as another of life’s lessons. For you women out there and for the men who love you, screening matters. Do it."

We're so sorry to hear of her illness, but are inspired by her strength to turn a negative experience into a positive one by educating her viewers on the importance of screenings!

Watch her inspiring message above advocating breast cancer prevention and research for a cure!

Tags: andrea mitchell, breast cancer, check up, cure, doctors, inspiring, journalist, msnbc, nbc, positive, prevention, reporter, screenings

You tell 'em, Zooey!

In yesterday's LA Times opinion column, journalist Patt Morrison spoke out against Zooey Deschanel for saying the following about Downtown L.A. at the BAFTA gala, which was attended by the royal couple:

"I just don't want them to see the worst of L.A."

Here's what Morrison wrote in response:

"I can't believe Zooey Deschanel is really the snobby cow she came off sounding like Saturday evening."

"I cannot apologize enough to Ms. Deschanel that in some places, the sidewalks do not smell like Jo Malone candles."

When Zooey read Morrison's column, she took to her website to fight the comments. She claims that the quote Morrison took issue with was "taken completely out of context," and that it was meant to be funny.

More from Zooey:

"You also open your piece by calling me a 'cow', which might be your opinion, but I wish a journalist for the Los Angeles Times and KPCC had found a more sophisticated way of sharing a difference in perceived opinion."

Yeah, we're def on Team Deschanel here! It's clear that her comment was innocent enough, and calling her a "snobby cow" was very immature and inappropriate.

Who do U side with here? Zooey or LA Times' Patt Morrison?

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: bafta gala, cow, downtown la, immature, inappropriate, journalist, la times, los angeles, patt morrison, royal couple, snobby cow

Gonna give credit to Robin Roberts on this one. She stands her ground, stays true to herself and her integrity as a journalist.

Robin granted Gayle King an exclusive interview this morning to discuss in detail what exactly went on with Chris Brown on Good Morning America yesterday morning. Candid and truthful, Robin revealed to Gayle her honest opinion on the situation and her shock that he reacted the way he did.

Check out the video (above) to hear Robin elaborate on position over Chris' meltdown.

Thoughts???

Tags: gayle king, good morning america, journalist, robin roberts

The 21 year old model accused of killing Portuguese journalist Carlos Castro has plead "not guilty".

As you may recall, Renato Seabra allegedly attacked his 65 year old boyfriend in their hotel room at the InterContenintal Hotel after he wouldn't take him shopping.

According to prosecutors Seabra admitted he choked, stabbed and castrated Castro with a corkscrew, hit him in the head with a computer and finally stomped on Castro's face with his shoes on.

After the hour-long attack, Renato told police he showered, put on a suit and left.

Seabra's next court date is March 4th.

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: carlos castro, castrated, corkscrew, journalist, not guilty, portuguese, renato seabra

Last week, there was some break up-related drama when soccer star Gerard Pique denied being the cause of Shakira and her BF's split.

Now, Spanish journalist Javier Sarda has stepped forward and apologized for making "false assertions" that he saw Shakira and the soccer star kissing.

Here's what the journalist had to say about it in an open letter which he published last friday:

"I made the mistake of referring to a kiss between Pique and Shakira that may have occurred in a restaurant. The second mistake was the way I said it, which is only justified in the context of an informal chat. What had seemed to me as irrelevant information has since taken on more significance."

In the letter, he also denied witnessing the kiss, and claims that he heard about the kiss from "a source," and "as all sources, [it] may be false."

More from the journalist:

"In my mind, by the way in which I understand my duty as a journalist and because I never want to cause distress to others, I must apologize to Pique and Shakira categorically and openly. I completely regret it."

Given the fact that Gerard himself has said he wasn't an influence in Shakira's break up, we're thinking that this journalist probs doesn't have to worry TOO much…but apologizing for false reporting is certainly the right thing to do.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: break up, drama, false report, gerard pique, javier sarda, journalist, kissing, soccer star, spanish, split