Why social media was crucial to Greece

Jon Henley: why social media was crucial to Greece on the breadline

In 2012, Guardian feature writer Jon Henley's Greece on the breadline series saw him visit the country to investigate the true impact of the financial crisis on its people. In this video, Jon discusses how Twitter helped him to get to the heart of the issue, and how his opinion of social media as a valuable newsgathering tool changed as a result