Comments on: Tips For “Live Tweeting” An Event http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/ Where News & Tweets Converge Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: sueatkins http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/comment-page-1/#comment-413 sueatkins Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:44:38 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=149#comment-413 What great advice - I particularly like the use of all the senses to create the whole feel, sound and pictures of the event. It's like word painting and a great discipline to do it in only 140 characters ! That keeps it edgy and exciting and builds a sense of buzz. It also really helps you to feel part of an event and genuinely makes you new friends with like minded interests. I felt that buzz when people were tweeting about the Downing Steet Tweet Party for the White Ribbon Alliance Million Mums Campaign that I went to last Christmas. <br>It's also a very useful article for my son, who wants to be a sports journalist, to learn as this is obviously the way things are going alongside traditional excellent writing What great advice – I particularly like the use of all the senses to create the whole feel, sound and pictures of the event. It's like word painting and a great discipline to do it in only 140 characters ! That keeps it edgy and exciting and builds a sense of buzz. It also really helps you to feel part of an event and genuinely makes you new friends with like minded interests. I felt that buzz when people were tweeting about the Downing Steet Tweet Party for the White Ribbon Alliance Million Mums Campaign that I went to last Christmas.
It's also a very useful article for my son, who wants to be a sports journalist, to learn as this is obviously the way things are going alongside traditional excellent writing

]]> By: ckanal http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/comment-page-1/#comment-301 ckanal Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:24:28 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=149#comment-301 Great additions here. Love your points. It's true that it's a great way to add color, but also that you should hold yourself to the same high standards you would for any published copy. Great additions here. Love your points. It's true that it's a great way to add color, but also that you should hold yourself to the same high standards you would for any published copy.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Nicole Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:39:40 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=149#comment-245 The best thing about live tweeting from a sporting event is that you have the ability to paint a richer picture by highlighting details that you can't fit into a print story (due to space constraints and deadline). If the football team busts into the electric slide during their warmups or the hot dog stand catches on fire, those things might not go in a gamer but they're fun to tweet about. <br><br>When I live tweet, I absolutely also subscribe to the rule that I won't tweet anything I wouldn't print in the paper. I might say "the coaching staff is animated," but I'm certainly not going to put that the coach is screaming obscenities at a particular player. The best thing about live tweeting from a sporting event is that you have the ability to paint a richer picture by highlighting details that you can't fit into a print story (due to space constraints and deadline). If the football team busts into the electric slide during their warmups or the hot dog stand catches on fire, those things might not go in a gamer but they're fun to tweet about.

When I live tweet, I absolutely also subscribe to the rule that I won't tweet anything I wouldn't print in the paper. I might say “the coaching staff is animated,” but I'm certainly not going to put that the coach is screaming obscenities at a particular player.

]]> By: Nicole http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Nicole Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:39:40 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=149#comment-96 The best thing about live tweeting from a sporting event is that you have the ability to paint a richer picture by highlighting details that you can't fit into a print story (due to space constraints and deadline). If the football team busts into the electric slide during their warmups or the hot dog stand catches on fire, those things might not go in a gamer but they're fun to tweet about. <br><br>When I live tweet, I absolutely also subscribe to the rule that I won't tweet anything I wouldn't print in the paper. I might say "the coaching staff is animated," but I'm certainly not going to put that the coach is screaming obscenities at a particular player. The best thing about live tweeting from a sporting event is that you have the ability to paint a richer picture by highlighting details that you can't fit into a print story (due to space constraints and deadline). If the football team busts into the electric slide during their warmups or the hot dog stand catches on fire, those things might not go in a gamer but they're fun to tweet about.

When I live tweet, I absolutely also subscribe to the rule that I won't tweet anything I wouldn't print in the paper. I might say “the coaching staff is animated,” but I'm certainly not going to put that the coach is screaming obscenities at a particular player.

]]> By: The many ways journalists can use Twitter | Twitter Journalism http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/06/28/tips-for-live-tweeting-an-event/comment-page-1/#comment-93 The many ways journalists can use Twitter | Twitter Journalism Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:02:12 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=149#comment-93 [...] list is far from exhaustive. Twitter can also be used to actually cover events, live tweeting from them or documenting a question and [...] [...] list is far from exhaustive. Twitter can also be used to actually cover events, live tweeting from them or documenting a question and [...]

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