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Why Journalists Shouldn’t Snicker About Twitter @stevebuttry Gazette Communications Maynard Institute Multimedia Editing Program June 23, 2009 [email protected]
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These are the slides I will use for a brief presentation today for the Maynard Institute Multimedia Editing Program in Reno.
Transcript of Maynard Twitter Presentation
Why Journalists Shouldn’t
Snicker About Twitter @stevebuttry
Gazette CommunicationsMaynard Institute Multimedia Editing Program
June 23, [email protected]
How Twitter helps journalists
1. Quickly locate eyewitnesses & participants in breaking news
2. Connect with sources, journalists3. Monitor community discussion4. Promote content5. Write tight (no lead longer than a
tweet)
Uses for copy editors
1. Crowdsource headlines (tweets are kind of like heads)
2. Feedback on news judgment3. Breakouts for stories4. Proclaim authorship5. Edit tight (no lead longer than a tweet)
Copy editors to follow
1. @johnemcintyre2. @TheSlot, Washington Post3. @pasadeirdre, LA Times4. @vtuss, Star Tribune5. @dvdlee, The Gazette
Twitter’s value in breaking newsnot happening in Iran, Mumbai
1. DC Metro crash yesterday2. @jkrums on Hudson emergency landing3. @2drinksbehind on Denver plane crash4. Fargo flooding5. @MissRFTC on California earthquake
Wrapping up
• These slides at slideshare.net/stevebuttry
• Follow me on Twitter: @stevebuttry• Read “Leading Your Staff into the
Twitterverse” and other posts about Twitter use by journos on my blog: stevebuttry.wordpress.com
• Email me for links: [email protected]
