Extra! Extra! Tweet All About It!

Extra! Extra! Tweet All About It: An Online Discussion With Journalists About Twitter
Thursday, Oct. 15
Sign-in period: 12 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. Pacific
Discussion 12:15 p.m. Pacific
The discussion will appear at the bottom of this blog post during the event time. Er, not so much, but I (Suzi) am working on getting it into a new post. Apparently, WordPress doesn’t support the frames used by CoverItLive.

We are using CoverItLive! for the event, which will enable us to have a window for our panelists to talk and a window for the audience to simultaneously post comments and questions. Again, things didn’t work quite as we planned, so next time? We’ll know more.

We’ll discuss

• how Twitter has changed journalism
• why journalists use Twitter
• challenges and strategies for using Twitter as a journalist
• advice to aspiring journalists

If you have additional ideas for topics or specific questions you would like addressed, please share them in the comments section of this blog post. Edit from Suzi: Yes, please do put comments, more questions, etc. in the comments here! We’re working on continuing this conversation in other forums as well.

Panelists Included

• New addition as of 10/12: Mathew Ingram (@mathewi), Communities editor at the Toronto Globe and Mail, technology blogger (including writing at the NiemanLab) and  co-founder of mesh conference Toronto
• Ryan Teague Beckwith, M.A. (@ryanbeckwith), deputy editor at Congress.org (part of the Roll Call Group) and co-editor (with John C. Hughes) of “On the Harbor: From Black Friday to Nirvana.”
• Carrie Brown-Smith, Ph.D. (@Brizzyc), assistant professor of journalism at the University of Memphis and former journalist
• Kathy Gill, M.S. (@kegill), digital media instructor at the University of Washington and former journalist for About.com
• Mark Hamilton (@gmarkham), journalism instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and former journalist
• Craig Kanalley, M.A. (@ckanal), founder Breaking Tweets and Twitter Journalism; new media instructor at DePaul University and intern at the Chicago Tribune
• Brian Stelter (@brianstelter), reporter who covers television, digital media and more at the New York Times
• Matt Neznanski, M.S. (@mneznanski), reporter at the Corvallis Gazette-Times and community coordinator for three mid-valley newspapers in Oregon
• Suzanne Yada (@suzanneyada), host of #collegejourn weekly chats, designer and steering committee member at Public Press, copy editor and web editor at SHiFT Magazine, vice chairwoman on the CoPress board, web intern at the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, and journalism major and business minor at San Jose State University (Suzanne will be at her internship but will check in when she can!)

Moderators

• Tiffany Gallicano, Ph.D. (@derville), assistant professor at the University of Oregon
• Suzi Steffen, M.A., M.S. (@suzisteffen), performing & visual arts editor at Eugene Weekly and University of Oregon journalism instructor.

Participating Schools

• DePaul University
• Kwantlen Polytechnic University
• University of Memphis
• University of Oregon
• University of Washington
• San Jose State University
• Brigham Young University

Post a comment to this blog if you would like us to add your school to this list.

Event

Sign-in period: 12 p.m. to 12:15 p.m. Pacific
Discussion 12:15 p.m. Pacific
The discussion will appear here during the event time. Unfortunately, it didn’t, but you can see it here or here.

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Tags: CoveritLive, ExtraExtra, J201, J361, journalism, Twitter