Page 2 - Derrec Becker News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

As Twitter became knotted with turmoil, Rachel Terlep, the Washington DNR intersperses cheeky banter with wildfire and weather warnings

As Twitter became knotted with parody accounts and turmoil, Rachel Terlep, who runs an account for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources

It underscored the challenge for the people tasked with getting public safety information out to communities. Now, they don't only have to get information out quickly. On the new Twitter, they also have to convince people they are actually the authorities.

Amid the slew of changes at one of the world's most influential social media platforms, the public information officers who operate government Twitter accounts are cautiously waiting out the turmoil and urging the public to verify that it really is their accounts appearing on timelines.

Across the country, government agencies, especially those tasked with sending messages during emergencies, have embraced Twitter over the last decade.