twitter for alaska public radio
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Presentation promoting usage of Twitter by public radio journalists in Alaska.TRANSCRIPT
TwitterFor Stations, Programs, Journalists and Fun
What is Twitter?
microblogging service
instant messenger (sort of)
mobile messaging
lightweight social network;a community of your own design
really... it defies categorization or simple description; you have to use it to understand it
Primary concepts
username + “real” name + avatar
updates / posts / tweets140 character limit per update; unlimited updates
followingyou follow others; others follow you
update stream = you + who you follow
“@” replies (public)
“d” direct messages (private)
Where is Twitter?
twitter.com
m.twitter.com
SMS text messaging
iPhone apps (Twitterific, Twinkle, Tweetsville)
PC & Mac apps (twhirl, TweetDeck, Twitterific)
blogging plugins, widgets, Facebook integration, more
E-mail (direct messages), RSS feeds
Personal usage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
Professional usage
Lightweight interactive backchannel / community for
stations / networks
programs / hosts
reporters / staff
Instant updates for news / live reporting / site updates
Networking
Learning, sharing, discovery
Stations / Networks
APRN - http://twitter.com/aprn
WBUR - http://twitter.com/wbur
WFPL - http://twitter.com/wfplnews
CNN Breaking News - http://twitter.com/cnnbrk
PBS Engage - http://twitter.com/pbsengage
Huffington Post - http://twitter.com/huffpost
Programs / Hosts
CNN: Rachel Maddow - http://twitter.com/maddow
NPR: Talk of the Nation - http://www.twitter.com/totn
NPR: Science Friday - http://twitter.com/scifritter
PBS: NewsHour - http://twitter.com/newshour
NPR Politics - http://twitter.com/nprpolitics
NPR Planet Money - http://twitter.com/planetmoney
Reporters / Staff
NPR: Alicia Shepard - http://twitter.com/ombudsman
APRN: L.Townsend - http://twitter.com/loritownsend
PBS: Anna Shoup - http://twitter.com/ashoupster
NPR: Laura Conaway - http://twitter.com/oleta
KJZZ: Rene Gutel - http://twitter.com/rgutel
MPR: J.Schrenkler - http://twitter.com/juliaschrenkler
Public Media TwitterPack
List of Twitterers in public media
http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/Public+Media
Be sure to add your station / program / personal account to the list
Suggested uses
Journalistic “chatter” outside e-mail — stories in progress, research, history, questions
Find sources: pros, man-on-the-street
Camaraderie
Expand network beyond APRN journalists
A “Talk of Alaska” that never sleeps
A group Twitter experience, a la BPP
search.twitter.com
search for any word
see most popular and trending topics / words
search for hash tags ( #hashtags )
what are people thinking / saying about the news?
The Twitter Experience
Get out of jail free?
Student “Twitters” his way out of Egyptian jailhttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck
What, me worry?
Tweets are public and searchable(unless you protect your updates)
Can a journalist tweet personal thoughts mixed with professional updates?
Should a journalist have two Twitter accounts?
More fun than should be legal
“Favorite” tweets can be starred
Tweets with a lot of favorites—from selected voters—are collected in one place
This is probably what a foul-mouthed Dorothy Parker or Oscar Wilde would be writing today
http://favrd.com/
twitter.com/jmproffitt
