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Twitter Basics for Journalists and Recovering Journos — contentious.com October 24, 2008

Posted by Jonathan Hewett in : delicious links , trackback

Amy Gahran offers a useful intro to Twitter:

“In my experience, Twitter’s biggest payoff is that it allows you to gather a personal posse who can support you in powerful, flexible, speedy ways.

Also, if you’re choosy about the people you follow, Twitter can be quite an effective radar screen for news or relevant issues.

But there are many other potential benefits, especially for journos…”

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