Comments on: LAT, NYT, CNN, AP All Live Tweet Sotomayor Hearings, But Who Was Best? http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/07/18/lat-nyt-cnn-ap-all-tweet-from-sotomayor-hearings-but-who-was-best/ Where News & Tweets Converge Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ckanal http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/07/18/lat-nyt-cnn-ap-all-tweet-from-sotomayor-hearings-but-who-was-best/comment-page-1/#comment-255 ckanal Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:54:58 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=279#comment-255 Thanks for the comment. Percentage would be interesting to look at as well. I think it would particularly work well as an equalizer across blogs/big media, but all four are fairly well-known traditional media outlets.<br><br>I apologize for not including @motherjones and @theuptake, but thank you for adding them as a comment. Kudos on the coverage and your increase in followers, sounds like you were successful as well! Thanks for the comment. Percentage would be interesting to look at as well. I think it would particularly work well as an equalizer across blogs/big media, but all four are fairly well-known traditional media outlets.

I apologize for not including @motherjones and @theuptake, but thank you for adding them as a comment. Kudos on the coverage and your increase in followers, sounds like you were successful as well!

]]> By: Steve Katz http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/07/18/lat-nyt-cnn-ap-all-tweet-from-sotomayor-hearings-but-who-was-best/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Steve Katz Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:41:00 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=279#comment-254 Craig: 2 points here: first, wouldn't you want to measure the percentage increase in followers as a better measure of growth, not just the number? Second, @motherjones and @theuptake also livestreamed/blogged/tweeted the hearings: @motherjones gained 403 new followers during the 13 - 18 July time period increasing from 3484 to 3887; that's about a 15% increase in followers (doesn't include add'l followers for @theuptake or for @davidcorndc - David Corn was also tweeting on his own account). By comparison, @caucus increased only about 11%... Craig: 2 points here: first, wouldn't you want to measure the percentage increase in followers as a better measure of growth, not just the number? Second, @motherjones and @theuptake also livestreamed/blogged/tweeted the hearings: @motherjones gained 403 new followers during the 13 – 18 July time period increasing from 3484 to 3887; that's about a 15% increase in followers (doesn't include add'l followers for @theuptake or for @davidcorndc – David Corn was also tweeting on his own account). By comparison, @caucus increased only about 11%…

]]> By: ckanal http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/07/18/lat-nyt-cnn-ap-all-tweet-from-sotomayor-hearings-but-who-was-best/comment-page-1/#comment-152 ckanal Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:54:58 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=279#comment-152 Thanks for the comment. Percentage would be interesting to look at as well. I think it would particularly work well as an equalizer across blogs/big media, but all four are fairly well-known traditional media outlets.<br><br>I apologize for not including @motherjones and @theuptake, but thank you for adding them as a comment. Kudos on the coverage and your increase in followers, sounds like you were successful as well! Thanks for the comment. Percentage would be interesting to look at as well. I think it would particularly work well as an equalizer across blogs/big media, but all four are fairly well-known traditional media outlets.

I apologize for not including @motherjones and @theuptake, but thank you for adding them as a comment. Kudos on the coverage and your increase in followers, sounds like you were successful as well!

]]> By: Steve Katz http://www.twitterjournalism.com/2009/07/18/lat-nyt-cnn-ap-all-tweet-from-sotomayor-hearings-but-who-was-best/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Steve Katz Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.twitterjournalism.com/?p=279#comment-151 Craig: 2 points here: first, wouldn't you want to measure the percentage increase in followers as a better measure of growth, not just the number? Second, @motherjones and @theuptake also livestreamed/blogged/tweeted the hearings: @motherjones gained 403 new followers during the 13 - 18 July time period increasing from 3484 to 3887; that's about a 15% increase in followers (doesn't include add'l followers for @theuptake or for @davidcorndc - David Corn was also tweeting on his own account). By comparison, @caucus increased only about 11%... Craig: 2 points here: first, wouldn't you want to measure the percentage increase in followers as a better measure of growth, not just the number? Second, @motherjones and @theuptake also livestreamed/blogged/tweeted the hearings: @motherjones gained 403 new followers during the 13 – 18 July time period increasing from 3484 to 3887; that's about a 15% increase in followers (doesn't include add'l followers for @theuptake or for @davidcorndc – David Corn was also tweeting on his own account). By comparison, @caucus increased only about 11%…

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