The document provides tips and advice for using Twitter as a journalist. It discusses how Twitter can improve journalism by connecting journalists to sources and eyewitnesses, promoting content, and showing that newsrooms are adapting. Key benefits are noted as getting story ideas from community discussions and monitoring breaking news. The document recommends journalists follow other journalists and sources, use tools like bit.ly to shorten links, and engage with their community on Twitter. Editors of nearby newspapers are also listed to follow as examples. Overall, the document encourages journalists to make Twitter part of their social media strategy and start tweeting thought-provoking content.

1. for Newsroom Leaders @stevebuttry Gazette Communications Mid-America Press Institute Feb. 13, 2010 #mpichange

2. Resources to help journo tweeps “Twitter tips for journalists” on my blog: stevebuttry.wordpress.com “Breaking news” and “Twitter”categories on my blog These slides (and other Twitter slideshows) at slideshare.net/stevebuttry #mpichange

3. What’s your social media strategy?

4. Why should you use Twitter? Let’s ask the tweeps

6. It connects you with the community

7. It changes your newsroom culture

8. You can use it quickly

10. Connect with sources, journalists

11. Monitor community discussion, get story ideas

12. Promote content

15. Tweeps, your followers

16. Retweet (RT), to pass on a link or thought (can be quote, paraphrase, starting point)

18. An editor to follow

19. Mid-Am newsroom leaders @carolynwashburn (DM Register) @kgreenbaum (Waterloo Courier) @dennisedit (Lawrence Journal-World) @JoeHight (Oklahoman) @SCJMitchP (Sioux City Journal) @amestribeditor (Alexandra Hayne) @henryhoward (Lafayette Journal & Courier) @DaleAlison (Burlington Hawk Eye)

21. Retweet (with a comment) a link from a colleague

22. Reply to someone from your community

23. Tweet an unfolding story

25. Write a headline or a comment; give tweeps a reason to click

26. Credit (RT or via)

38. Tips from Nancy Newhoff “Short quick sentences and get it sent. The whole idea is to be an instantaneous as possible.” “Hit send and then start typing right away again.” “It teaches you to paraphrase in a tight way. Tweeting is great for tight writing.”

43. Quakes show Twitter’s value Indonesia Twitter HQ Lists Location search Term or hashtag search

48. Great crowdsourcing tool

49. Great crowdsourcing tool

50. Great crowdsourcing tool

52. Search hashtag #iagaymarriage

53. @tdorman from Supreme Court, press conference

54. @DM_in_the_PM from rally

62. DC Metro crash

63. @jkrums on Hudson emergency landing

64. @2drinksbehind on Denver plane crash

81. Interface w/other social media

82. Publish2

83. TweetDeck, Tweetie, etc.

84. Twitpic

86. Crowdsource (“Does anyone know anything about …?”)

87. Story ideas (ask, monitor chat)

88. Connect with eyewitnesses

91. Let’s check advice from the tweeps

92. Wrapping up These slides at slideshare.net/stevebuttry Follow me on Twitter: @stevebuttry Twitter tips, time management tips, links to journalists & helpful resources on Twitter on my blog: stevebuttry.wordpress.com Make Twitter part of social media strategy

93. Final advice From @mathewi (GigaOm): Don’t answer, “What are you doing?” Answer, “What am I thinking?” And from @stevebuttry: “What do I want to know?”