Tag Archives: Twitter

Guest post: social media in New Zealand journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: April 23, 2011
I’m heading away on holiday for a week so I’m leaving you with this guest post from recently graduated Whitireia journalism student Owen Winter, who has talked to some New Zealand journalists about the use of social media in reporting: the pitfalls, benefits, attitudes and what comes next. Owen is looking for a journalism job [...]
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10+ ways to cover an election

By Julie Starr | Published: November 3, 2010
This is a round-up of some of the apps I’ve seen news & other orgs using online to help people understand and engage with the mid-term elections in the US. It’s not an exhaustive list, just things that passed in front of my eyeballs on election day. The images are all linked. First up, Mashable [...]
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WashPo sponsors #election tag on Twitter

By Julie Starr | Published: November 2, 2010
I noticed a number of promoted tweets from @washingtonpost earlier then came across this post from Poynter explaining their #Election strategy thus: It’s a pretty safe bet that the election will be a hot topic on Twitter on Tuesday, and The Washington Post plans to capitalize on users’ interest by sponsoring an election-related trending topic. The Post’s [...]
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Link wrap: ‘content farms’ and tweeting trials

By Julie Starr | Published: December 20, 2009
A few things that crossed my radar recently. A rant about the failings of tech news and the (lack of) incentives causing it. From louisgray.com. I believe “fast food news” also can refer to the mass hysteria over making sure every site posts the news that a major browser or a major operating system has [...]
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Link wrap: geo-Twitter, Shirky, Foursquare

By Julie Starr | Published: November 22, 2009
Twitter turns on its Geolocation API From RWW this week came a post about Twitter turning on its Geolocation API, which means Twitter users can choose whether to indicate where they are when they tweet. RWW imagines some interesting apps being built around this function. They suggest, for example, an app that tracks who are [...]
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