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Find and follow news feeds on Twitter
If you want to know who's who in news on Twitter, check out http://wefollow.com/tag/news. It lists the news feeds and news commentators with the most followers on Twitter. They may not be all to your taste but you'll almost certainly find a few news feeds and news voices in there you hadn't come across before.
Social bookmarking for journalists
More useful tips from journalism.co.uk consulting editor Colin Meek.
Posted in Journalism, Social Media, Tools for Journalists Also tagged bookmarking, Journalism, social media 1 Comment
Mining information from social networks
This slide show gives clear and very useful tips on how well-constructed Google searches can help you find people, groups, company representatives in social networks that are otherwise hard to search with any precision. It looks at Bebo, LinkedIn, MySpace and more. A must-watch for journalists.
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Twitter, RSS and other must-haves for journalists
Another top ten list, this time of things journalists should know going into 2009. It's from www.journalism.co.uk and there's nothing here I wouldn't also recommend a journalist getting their head around. 1. How to use Twitter to build communities, cover your beat, instigate and engage in conversations. 2. How to use RSS feeds to gather news...
Paul Bradshaw’s guide to Yahoo!Pipes