Twitter Article Responses

             The New York Times Media Desk article was interesting because it talked about integrating reader engagement, so people who work there have the job of seeing what tweets work and which ones don’t work. Since I’m a new user of twitter, it was exciting to read and realize how important twitter really is to news. People (mostly the younger crowds) don’t sit around their TVs waiting for new information on breaking stories. Twitter gives them those same stories much quicker and more efficiently because you can filter out what you don’t want to know about.

            In the Twitter News Consumers article, it was surprising to read about the number of people that get news from Facebook. As a user of both Facebook and Twitter, I feel like the more accurate news comes from Twitter. You are getting more from professionals through Twitter, and you don’t have to sift through useless information as much, like you do on Facebook. This article, however, also talks about the shift from news reports to public opinion, and how both are very accepted on Twitter. People may want to know the facts to the stories, but they also want to know what celebrities or their friends on Twitter think about it also, which I thought was a good balance of information to keep people interested.

            Is All of Twitter Fair Game had a pretty compelling argument. I agree with Nolan in the article because I believe that people that are posting things to Twitter know that it’s all going to the public and it can be accessed by pretty much anyone. So it’s really possible for people to use you as a source anytime if you’re the one who posted something about your opinion and let the public see it. Also, I feel like this new era of technology and new ways of reporting calls for a new set of guidelines. Everyone is going to have their own opinion as to whether it’s right to use Twitter as a source or not, but we cant keep sticking to the old ways of arguing this because it doesn’t pertain to all these extra and new aspects or reporting.

            In the article, 10 Ways Journalist’s Use Twitter article, very helpful advice was given about the good side or benefits of using Twitter as a journalist or aspiring journalist. I haven’t tweeted anything myself, but this article advises taking advantage of being able to tweet anytime. Reporting stories through Twitter can be a good way for a journalist to practice his/her storytelling. It’s also a way of selling yourself (or your stories) to the right audience. If someone who hasn’t seen a breaking story yet, and they come across yours, then your story is going to be important and memorable to that person. Also, I agree with the article, and I think it’s important to think of Twitter as a way to build your credibility as a journalist. The Twitter world has so many misreported stories, so it’d be good for you to be one reporter that Twitter users see as reliable and trustworthy.