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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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Miss USA Crowned: Rima Fakih, Arab-American From Michigan

Posted by Lisa Franklin | Posted in News | Posted on 16-05-2010

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Rima Fakih, 24,of Dearborn, Michigan, is the newly crowned Miss USA as of Sunday night. While many tweets on Twitter are referring to Fakih as the first Arab- American winner of the annual Miss USA pageant, the Associated Press reports the lack of detailed records to prove whether or not Fakih is the first Arab-American, Muslim or immigrant winner of the Miss USA competition.

Miss USA Promo Pics Stir Twitter Debate

Posted by Rebecca Fiorentino | Posted in News | Posted on 11-05-2010

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Miss USA contestants posed in seductive lingerie and sultry makeup to promote this year’s competition, according to the Associated Press, which generated a heated debate on Twitter as to whether the pageant went too far in search of TV ratings.