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Tips For Live Tweeting An Event Live tweets from an event are a great way to catch people's attention and build a following. Especially if they're done right. I've live tweeted several events, most notably Barack Obama's Inauguration...

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10 Pros And 10 Cons Of Twitter For Journalists Like anything, Twitter has its advantages and disadvantages. Whether you're new to Twitter or not, it's important you're able to identify these and adjust to use Twitter in the best ways possible. Here's...

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How To Verify A Tweet Twitter is the great equalizer. It doesn't matter if you have 100 followers or 10,000, you can break news. That's because all tweets are recorded and indexed at search.twitter.com. If someone types the...

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Short And Sweet: A New Generation Of News If it's not in 140 characters or less, you may lose them. They glance at what you say. If you're good, they may spend a few extra seconds. If not, they've moved on. Words. Links. Short, sweet, and...

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The Many Ways Journalists Can Use Twitter Because of its simplicity, Twitter has great potential for many different uses and applications. With a little creativity, the possibilities are nearly endless. A recent survey out of Norway sheds...

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65 Red Roses: Eva Markvoort Blogs On Her Life, Love & Death

Posted by Maria Khan | Posted in News, Profiles | Posted on 04-05-2010

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On March 27, 2010, Eva Markvoort, 25, former Miss New Westminster and University of Victoria theatre student lost her battle with Cystic Fibrosis.

While she was battling with the rare genetic disease that causes mucus to accumulate in the lungs, Markvoort fearlessly took up blogging to share her last few days with the world.

“Hello to the world at large…To my blog, to my friends, to everyone. I have some news today. It’s kinda tough to hear, but I can say it with a smile…My life is ending.” (Death at 25: Blogging the end of a life, CNN).

AP Pulling Out All Stops For Dynamic Sotomayor News Coverage

Posted by Craig Kanalley | Posted in News | Posted on 15-07-2009

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The Associated Press is trying something it’s never tried before with its coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor hearings.

It’s providing round-the-clock tweets at @AP_Courtside, documenting every move of the hearings, allowing the general public easy access to some of AP’s best talent, and using feedback to direct the coverage itself. And that’s not all.