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#twutorial
for journos
    Steve Buttry
 Bennington Banner
  March 20, 2013
Read more about it
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•   sbuttry@digitalfirstmedia.com
•   zombiejournalism.com
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Tips for finding tweets
• Search (Twitter advanced, Google &
  Topsy) for keywords, location
• Check followers & timelines (replies, RTs)
• Expand tweets to see conversation
• Check profiles
• Follow; DM or tweet asking for interview
• Make screen grabs
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Breaking news tips
•   Tweet unfolding story
•   Use advanced search (location & not)
•   Find & connect w/ eyewitnesses
•   Each has only part of the story
•   Use hashtags
•   Verify, verify, verify (& correct quickly)
Breaking news tips
• Tweet photos, videos
• Check tweets of news figures in story
• Feed your tweets into site w/
  ScribbleLive
• Curate social media reporting, response
• Retweet (possibly w/ questions)
Vetting & verifying
• Track back RTs, etc.    • Links, photos?
  to source               • Take it old school
• Look for clusters       • Disclose, hedge, repe
• Location enabled?         at
• Evaluate the network    • Be brave only in
• Evaluate the history      correction


Tips from Craig Silverman, Regret the Error
Evaluating tweeps
•   How long have they been tweeting?
•   Check previous tweets, interaction
•   Check bio, links
•   Check Klout score
•   Google name and scam, spammer
•   Contact & interview
Tips from Mandy Jenkins, Zombie Journalism
Where do you need help?
•   Hashtags
•   How & what to tweet?
•   Time management
•   Organizing the chaos
•   Live tweeting
•   Breaking news
•   Building followers
Hashtags
•   Regular hashtags
•   Event hashtags
•   Breaking news
•   Humorous
Hashtag tips
• Use existing hashtag if there is one
• Search before launching hashtag (avoid
  duplication)
• Look for secondary hashtags, especially
  in events or breaking news
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
What to tweet?
•   Listen & join community conversation
•   Breaking news
•   Unfolding story
•   Livetweet events
•   Crowdsource
•   Interesting tidbits
•   Photos
Time management
•   Don’t drink the whole stream
•   Integrate Twitter into your day
•   Tweet a few times a day
•   Check “mentions”
•   Use lists, alerts & saved searches
•   Use mobile device
•   TweetDeck, HootSuite
Organizing chaos
•   Use Twitter lists
•   TweetDeck & HootSuite help organize
•   Check @ mentions
•   Twitter alerts
•   Save regular searches (can be columns in
    TweetDeck, HootSuite)
Live-tweeting prep
• Get names (confirm spelling), titles in
  advance (ask, get program, etc.)
• Set scene, saying what you’re covering &
  that you’re live-tweeting
• Describe your circumstances, vantage
  point: at event, watching on TV, curating
  tweets (Andy Carvin)
Live-tweeting tips
•   Don’t transcribe; observe & report
•   In sports, mix play-by-play & commentary
•   Use hashtag (& check to respond)
•   OK to pause for checking facts, names
•   Note significant pause (halftime, lunch)
•   Fun interludes, exchanges, anecdotes
•   Check facts before you hit “tweet”
Live-tweeting situations
• Trials
• Meetings
• Sporting events (curate w/ public tweets:
  Friday Night Tweets)
• Festivals
• Breaking stories
• Remember to feed live-tweets into site
Building followers
•   Tweet often
•   Be conversational
•   Livetweet events
•   Use @ usernames in tweets
•   Give more than you ask for
•   Unlock your tweets
•   Be yourself
Twutorial for Journos
Find & follow people
• Use local search to see who’s tweeting
• Save searches for community names
• Check followers of newsroom account
• Check followers (& follows) of local
  tweeps
• Check followers of people who RT, reply
• Who follows agencies, people on beat?
Routine beat coverage
•   Follow officials & agencies on beat
•   Twitter Search (advanced)
•   Hashtags (regular & spontaneous)
•   Lists (Twitter, TweetDeck, HootSuite)
•   Breaking news
•   Crowdsourcing
•   Liveblog (feeding in tweets)
Crowdsource
Connect directly
Find eyewitnesses
Key developments
Key developments
Tweet photos
Tweet photos
Tweet details, developments
Details from scene
Tweet quotes
Livetweet briefings
Livetweet action
RT other media
Be the source for news
People to follow
• Look for sources (find people)
• Ask sources
• Journalists in other communities
• When someone follows you, check out to
  see whether you should follow back
• When you follow someone, check whom
  they follow
• Tweeps mentioned in interesting tweets
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Twutorial for Journos
Read more about it
•   stevebuttry.wordpress.com
•   slideshare.net/stevebuttry
•   @stevebuttry
•   sbuttry@digitalfirstmedia.com
•   zombiejournalism.com

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Twutorial for Journos

  • 1. #twutorial for journos Steve Buttry Bennington Banner March 20, 2013
  • 2. Read more about it • stevebuttry.wordpress.com (#twutorial) • slideshare.net/stevebuttry • @stevebuttry • sbuttry@digitalfirstmedia.com • zombiejournalism.com
  • 10. Tips for finding tweets • Search (Twitter advanced, Google & Topsy) for keywords, location • Check followers & timelines (replies, RTs) • Expand tweets to see conversation • Check profiles • Follow; DM or tweet asking for interview • Make screen grabs
  • 19. Breaking news tips • Tweet unfolding story • Use advanced search (location & not) • Find & connect w/ eyewitnesses • Each has only part of the story • Use hashtags • Verify, verify, verify (& correct quickly)
  • 20. Breaking news tips • Tweet photos, videos • Check tweets of news figures in story • Feed your tweets into site w/ ScribbleLive • Curate social media reporting, response • Retweet (possibly w/ questions)
  • 21. Vetting & verifying • Track back RTs, etc. • Links, photos? to source • Take it old school • Look for clusters • Disclose, hedge, repe • Location enabled? at • Evaluate the network • Be brave only in • Evaluate the history correction Tips from Craig Silverman, Regret the Error
  • 22. Evaluating tweeps • How long have they been tweeting? • Check previous tweets, interaction • Check bio, links • Check Klout score • Google name and scam, spammer • Contact & interview Tips from Mandy Jenkins, Zombie Journalism
  • 23. Where do you need help? • Hashtags • How & what to tweet? • Time management • Organizing the chaos • Live tweeting • Breaking news • Building followers
  • 24. Hashtags • Regular hashtags • Event hashtags • Breaking news • Humorous
  • 25. Hashtag tips • Use existing hashtag if there is one • Search before launching hashtag (avoid duplication) • Look for secondary hashtags, especially in events or breaking news
  • 30. What to tweet? • Listen & join community conversation • Breaking news • Unfolding story • Livetweet events • Crowdsource • Interesting tidbits • Photos
  • 31. Time management • Don’t drink the whole stream • Integrate Twitter into your day • Tweet a few times a day • Check “mentions” • Use lists, alerts & saved searches • Use mobile device • TweetDeck, HootSuite
  • 32. Organizing chaos • Use Twitter lists • TweetDeck & HootSuite help organize • Check @ mentions • Twitter alerts • Save regular searches (can be columns in TweetDeck, HootSuite)
  • 33. Live-tweeting prep • Get names (confirm spelling), titles in advance (ask, get program, etc.) • Set scene, saying what you’re covering & that you’re live-tweeting • Describe your circumstances, vantage point: at event, watching on TV, curating tweets (Andy Carvin)
  • 34. Live-tweeting tips • Don’t transcribe; observe & report • In sports, mix play-by-play & commentary • Use hashtag (& check to respond) • OK to pause for checking facts, names • Note significant pause (halftime, lunch) • Fun interludes, exchanges, anecdotes • Check facts before you hit “tweet”
  • 35. Live-tweeting situations • Trials • Meetings • Sporting events (curate w/ public tweets: Friday Night Tweets) • Festivals • Breaking stories • Remember to feed live-tweets into site
  • 36. Building followers • Tweet often • Be conversational • Livetweet events • Use @ usernames in tweets • Give more than you ask for • Unlock your tweets • Be yourself
  • 38. Find & follow people • Use local search to see who’s tweeting • Save searches for community names • Check followers of newsroom account • Check followers (& follows) of local tweeps • Check followers of people who RT, reply • Who follows agencies, people on beat?
  • 39. Routine beat coverage • Follow officials & agencies on beat • Twitter Search (advanced) • Hashtags (regular & spontaneous) • Lists (Twitter, TweetDeck, HootSuite) • Breaking news • Crowdsourcing • Liveblog (feeding in tweets)
  • 53. Be the source for news
  • 54. People to follow • Look for sources (find people) • Ask sources • Journalists in other communities • When someone follows you, check out to see whether you should follow back • When you follow someone, check whom they follow • Tweeps mentioned in interesting tweets
  • 61. Read more about it • stevebuttry.wordpress.com • slideshare.net/stevebuttry • @stevebuttry • sbuttry@digitalfirstmedia.com • zombiejournalism.com

Editor's Notes

  1. We’ll also discuss the Denver plane crash that Mike Wilson survived and how the media missed an opportunity by not using Twitter.
  2. If I have time, I’ll use the next several slides in a discussion of how Bill Doskoch used Twitter on a routine (and amusing) daily story.