How modern media spread bin Laden death news

A soldier in Afghanistan learned about the death of Osama bin Laden on Facebook. A TV producer got a tip from comedian Kathy Griffin on Twitter. A blues musician received an email alert from The New York Times. And a woman found out as she scrolled through the internet on her smartphone while walking her dog.

In an illustration of how the information world has changed, many people learned through media formats or devices which were not available a decade ago that the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks had been killed.