Made In America

It all started with a "tweet." Yes, a twitter tweet.

I'm really not a big fan of twitter, with only being able to express yourself in a total of 140 characters.

Yet, with applications such as Instagram, it makes it that much better.

I found the picture below taken by my friend Justin Hackworth and had to laugh. I don't know how many conversations I've recently had about how too many things are made in China, including this flag.

Photo by Justin Hackworth

Justin's explanation: "Ironic." Yes, isn't it ironic that something representing our nation is made in China. Then I thought about this series that ABC World News has been running for awhile now called, "Made in America." It's about all sorts of products made right at home and where we can find them. I included David Muir in the tweet to see what he thought and he obviously liked it. 

Apparently, from the tweet to David Muir, phone calls were made and an interview happened. I then found myself with a Twitter message from Justin saying that his pictures made the news. Awesome.

This is the story that came out of it. Well done, David. 

For once, I felt that what I'm learning in my New Media Journalism Master's degree is paying off. Now if only I could find an internship so I can do what David does everyday. 
The day ended with this phrase from Justin, "Twitter is funny." Twitter surprised all of us.