Social networks

 

 

 

Twitter

 

Twitter is a combination of what me might call micro-blogging and social networking.

 

An entry on Twitter can be no longer than 140 characters, including the URL if you are pointing to something on the web. But in the last couple of years, Twitter has become a major means of communication among journalists and media professionals as an efficient means of gather. It is one that beginning journalism students should learn to use.

 

Read: Writing for Twitter: good journalism in 140 characters

 

 

Placing what you report and write

 

Join the conversation

 

Get paid for writing

Majoring in journalism at the University of Tennessee

Possible writing lab activities for next week

-- Review lecture points as necessary; comments, questions?
-- Any in-class writing assignment as necessary
-- Assign news story to be reported that week and written during second lab of the week; story should include headline, summary, links, nutshell form; pictures and cutlines; full inverted pyramid structure; should be entered onto the TNJN server.
Alternatively, assign an audio slide show; this assignment should include 10 photos (minimum) with cutlines; headline, summary, introduction, links; the slide show should be produced, made into a video, placed on a host (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) and embedded onto a page on the TNJN server.

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