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MAlexJohnson

  1. My Atlanta friends and my D.C. friends alike are voluminously tweeting the Braves-Nationals game. #noneedtowatch 6:27 PM May 25th via Plume for Android
  2. Oh, God, no. "Facebook Browser Is Imminent [RUMOR]" aj.vg/LwhwBc 6:01 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  3. UPDATE on @msnbc: The #Indiana gunman has died, police say. on.msnbc.com/JswCwh 5:44 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  4. On the blog: "Alternative story telling"? No — just telling the story. aj.vg/Lwekpe #journalism 5:30 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  5. We've Storified the entire #Indiana hostage incident as it happened at the bottom of our news report at on.msnbc.com/JK5jbB @Storify 4:43 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  6. UPDATE: Indiana gunman frees all hostages, then shoots himself. Police say he's critically wounded. on.msnbc.com/JK5jbB 3:13 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  7. UPDATE on @msnbc: Police storm building after Indiana gunman frees all hostages. on.msnbc.com/JK3Imc 3:00 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  8. UPDATE on @msnbc: #Indiana gunman has released all hostages. Armed police surround building where he is holed up. on.msnbc.com/JJWv5B 2:15 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  9. UPDATE on @msnbc: Second woman taken from #Indiana #hostage scene in ambulance. on.msnbc.com/JJTJxh 1:52 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  10. Update on @msnbc: Police in standoff with #Indiana gunman. One woman treated for minor head injury and released. on.msnbc.com/K6dm74 1:15 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  11. Breaking news means lunch is a hot dog and two cinnamon sticks. #PartyLikeAJournalist 12:54 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  12. UPDATE: Police confirm gunfire but say *no known injuries* at the scene of the #Indiana #hostage situation. on.msnbc.com/K651jQ 12:41 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  13. Follow local tweets and posts from the #Indiana #hostage standoff here: bit.ly/K61Vwl @Storify 12:29 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  14. UPDATE: Police confirm shots were fired at the scene of the #Indiana #hostage situation. Injuries unknown. on.msnbc.com/K60L3Z 12:24 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
  15. Update on @msnbc: Police are talking with the #Indiana gunman. on.msnbc.com/K5SfBS 11:51 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  16. Besides writing the #Indiana #hostage story for @msnbc, I'm also tracking it in real time on @Storify here: aj.vg/Js5FJ3 11:37 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  17. Besides writing the #Indiana #hostage story for @msnbc, I'm also Storifying it as it happens here: aj.vg/Js5FJ3 11:31 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  18. Police say they know the identity of the gunman in #Indiana but aren't naming him. on.msnbc.com/KHyfkr #hostages 11:09 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  • Name Alex Johnson
  • Location Kirkland, Wash.
  • Web http://malexjohns...
  • Bio East Coast newspaper dinosaur now reporting for msnbc.com. I tweet a lot about journalism and tech. (Boss-required boilerplate: RTs aren't endorsements.)
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