If you are ever invited to explain Twitter to someone obsessed with its celebrity aspects or apparently mundane subject matter, here are some suggested responses from the Twittersphere:
Continuing my practice of putting online journalism lessons online, yesterday’s session covered blogging. If you ever deliver this I’d recommend dropping the bit on the history of journalism blogging (better just link to it here). Would love your feedback: Journalism Blogging View more presentations from Paul Bradshaw. (tags: journalism bcu)
Soon after I posted my frustration at journalism students being slow to adopt Twitter, I came up with an idea: you only really start using Twitter when there is a social reason – so why not help by creating those social connections? I posted a call-out to Twitter: Anyone willing to ‘adopt’ a journalism student on Twitter and answer their
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Don’t worry, I’ll get over this Twitter thing very soon, but for now I want to address all of the ill informed coverage that stifles use of Twitter because it can’t see beyond a) celebrities using it and b) the Facebook-style status update thing. If you’re struggling to think of what to talk about on Twitter, here are some suggestions:
That’s the question I posted last night to Twitter – or to be exact: “My journo students have been (mostly) slow to adopt Twitter – can you help by saying why they should use it?” You may find the replies I received useful:
In the latest in this ongoing series, I spoke to Craig Elder, The Conservative Party’s Online Communities Editor, about the 3 things he’s learned about community management: 1. Be a real person Use your own name when blogging, tweeting, commenting etc. Giving people a proper touchpoint within the organisation adds real value – people are far more likely to be
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This is something of a bonus following on from my previous beginner’s guide to Twitter. I didn’t have time to deliver this on Monday, but the following is a quick outline of various strategies for finding people of interest on Twitter. 10 ways to find people on Twitter View more presentations from Paul Bradshaw. (tags: twitter paulbradshaw)
Kent police appear to have arrested a man in connection with comments made on alternative news service Indymedia – despite neither making the comments nor administering them.
Continuing my practice of putting online journalism lessons online, this is the second part of the week 1 lesson, where I introduce students to Twitter. Twitter for beginners View more presentations from Paul Bradshaw. (tags: twitter paulbradshaw)
This year I’m aiming to blog all of my course materials for online journalism. Yesterday was the first class, so below is the PowerPoint for what I call Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering: using RSS and social media for newsgathering. Using RSS and social media to find news View more presentations from Paul Bradshaw. (tags: paulbradshaw bcumedia) Note: the Online Journalism module is
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Arrested for someone else’s comments?
Kent police appear to have arrested a man in connection with comments made on alternative news service Indymedia – despite neither making the comments nor administering them.
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