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There’s one major news story today sweeping through the city today: selfies. That’s according to the local news stations on Twitter, at least, which are picking up the story that “selfie” is Oxford English Dictionary’s 2013 word of the year. Some people just love being in front of a camera.

I haven’t seen any of their shows this morning — I prefer not to wait for relevant stories to sometimes pop up among the awkward scripted banter and patronizing human interest stories — but I’m sure the selfie-story got some serious airtime today. Only Fox 8 hasn’t tweeted about selfies (yet); good for them. Here are the posts either tweeted by the major local news stations or retweeted into their feed.

WEWS

WKYC

WOIO

Fox 8
No selfie tweets today. Congratulations.

This article appears in Nov 13-19, 2013.

Doug Brown is a staff writer at Scene with a passion for public records laws and investigative reporting. A native of Ann Arbor, Mich., he has an M.A. in journalism from the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and a B.A. in political science from Hiram College. Prior to joining Scene, Doug was a contributing writer for Deadspin.com, reporting behind-the-scenes stories about college sports through public records and developing sources. Doug's work as an enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater was recognized by the Cleveland Press Club (2013 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards), Society of Professional Journalists (regional and national Mark of Excellence Awards), and the Associated Collegiate Press. He spent the summer of 2012 working for the Metro desk of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and spent previous summers working for Outside Bozeman Magazine and Crain's Detroit Business. His website is dougbrown8.com.

One reply on “The Local News Is Selfie-Obsessed”

  1. Unfortunately, while they were busy taking these selfies, Godzilla raged outside, fighting the military, until he wandered off to Detroit to take a massive dump.

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