Using social media as a reporting tool can provide a newspaper additional insight into the community. Twitter and Facebook are becoming increasingly valuable for breaking news and sourcing – a recent GateHouse News & Interactive webinar reviewed how to use both effectively. To download the complete presentation, click here.
Here’s a quick recap of some of the webinar’s main points:
• Twitter is more conducive for rapid posting on breaking news, but Facebook has a bigger following. Use a combination of both.
• Facebook is great for sharing people-focused stories and features. Twitter is great for news-of-the-minute posts, like traffic updates.
• Use facebook.com/search and Twitter’s advanced search page for sources and stories.
• Create lists on Twitter to read through sources’ posts quickly.
• Be conversational, but objective. Don’t engage in debates with users, and don’t source social media without checking the source.
Using social media as a reporting tool can provide a newspaper additional insight into the community. Twitter and Facebook are becoming increasingly valuable for breaking news and sourcing – a recent GateHouse News & Interactive webinar reviewed how to use both effectively. To download the complete presentation, click here.
Here’s a quick recap of some of the webinar’s main points:
• Twitter is more conducive for rapid posting on breaking news, but Facebook has a bigger following. Use a combination of both.
• Facebook is great for sharing people-focused stories and features. Twitter is great for news-of-the-minute posts, like traffic updates.
• Use facebook.com/search and Twitter’s advanced search page for sources and stories.
• Create lists on Twitter to read through sources’ posts quickly.
• Be conversational, but objective. Don’t engage in debates with users, and don’t source social media without checking the source.
