Twitter moves at the speed of cyber optics. Most publishers aren’t able to track Twitter 24 hours a day. With so many brilliant ideas, resources, and breaking news on Twitter having the shelf life of a gnat, the JA pulls our top picks each week from our stream for you to find when it’s convenient. In this section you’ll find tweets from JA’s tweet stream that offer interesting tools, tactics, tips and techniques to help you experiment, innovate and collaborate.
Where online maps are taking us, how social analytics affect coverage, why J-schools should train for today and tomorrow, sizing up big data, and media innovators developing digital prototypes.
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Posted on June 30, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Intel on Twitter’s expanded lists, make your online portfolio perfect, Emily’s tips for emerging journalists, ramifications of the global open data movement, and insight on foreign reporting.
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Posted on June 26, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Detailed analytics of your Twitter account, 7 rules for startups and funding, highlights of a news hackathon, using media for social good, and the future of journalism is in coffee (yes, coffee).
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Posted on June 20, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Create custom maps for sites and apps, how to cite social media in APA and MLA, sustainability secrets of indie hyperlocals, a push for journalism shield law, and the future of media measurement.
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Posted on June 10, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Introducing Pew Research Center’s Fact Tank, SPJ’s list of FOIA resources, pitching a new role for journalism, on algorithmic integrity, and how J-school students are applying their education.
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Posted on May 28, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Searching Instagram, resources for writing your own code, journalism and computer science students team up, how mentors can help with career advancement, and a nascent community of ‘civic hackers.’
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Posted on May 20, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Legal tips for digital journos, revenue streams for nonprofit newspapers,web-based crowdfunding’s role in media’s future, hyperlocal news as crucial help in disasters, and the new
411 on ethics.
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Posted on May 14, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Spanish translation of Data Journalism Handbook; how to rock a social media plan; 4 keys to teaching online journalism; the case for government investment; and finding community through the Web.
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Posted on May 7, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Mapping tools for reporters, a hearty list of journalistic resources, thoughts on responsibility, results of a study on how consumers rate media and 8 must-reads on verifying info in real-time.
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Posted on May 1, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
Spruce up your personal brand online, another reason to focus on video skills, blogging’s role in J-school, great longform writing is just a click away, and a new way to find expert opinions.
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Posted on April 22, 2013
Topic: Tweets for Keeps
