Seattle SPJ/ONA || 13 February 2012 @kegill Twitter For Reporters Seattle SPJ/ONA || 13 February 2012 @kegill
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1. Tweet More Understand the rules of your newsroom http://www.businessweek.com/technology/complicating-twitter-and-journalism-11082011.html Recognize that your personal “brand” may be more important to you (long term) than the brand of your news organization
2. Be conversational Talk to people (but remember you are publishing with every statement) Ask questions (in general or directly) “Be yourself”
Develop stories Crowdsourcing: ask community for ideas or information If you ask someone a question in email or in person, figure out how to ask the question publicly on Twitter (or FB)
Develop relationships Ask who to follow Follow opinion leaders on your beat Follow public officials on your beat Follow other journalists on your beat Then talk to them. ;-)
3. Listen What, exactly does this mean?
#hashtags may be more important than individuals
Tools To Monitor #hashtags HootSuite.com (iPhone app) Nearbytweets.com Topsy.com Trendistic.com TweetDeck Twitter Search
HootSuite : GeoLocation 25 km
Topsy : email, RSS
Hootsuite Geolocation
Breaking News Storify CoverItLive ScribbleLive Embed individual tweets or a group of tweets into a story using QuoteURL or Blackbird Pie.
Verify! Verify! Verify!
Other Tools Twitter Lists Paper.li Directories: twellow.com muckrack.com dev.twitter.com/media/newsrooms Twitter -> email: twe.pe
Resources Twitter tips for journalists, Steve Buttry How should journalists use social media, Nick Kristoff http://stevebuttry.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/updated-and-expanded-twitter-tips-for-journalists/