Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Twitter As A Tool

     Twitter can be very useful for many different reasons. It can be used for business, social, and educational purposes. Journalists use Twitter a lot. You would be surprised how journalists use this type of social media as a resource.



     One way journalists use Twitter is by finding ideas. When something goes viral on Twitter, journalists take advantage of this. They immediately know what to write about to get the readers attention. Also, another tool Twitter can be used for is for being able to share it to the right people. You can add your link in a tweet and use hash-tags. By using hash-tags, people can read what they are interested in and you can reach out to a good audience. There are so many other ways journalists use twitter. Some links are listed below if you would like to read more about this. 

  • http://www.poynter.org/news/media-innovation/146345/10-ways-journalists-can-use-twitter-before-during-and-after-reporting-a-story/
  • https://media.twitter.com/best-practice/for-newsrooms-and-journalists

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