Sitting-on-the-floor room only at @stevebuttry‘s Twitter for Copy Editors session at #ACES2014 pic.twitter.com/fqn7GI4H7Y
— Jill Klausen (@jillwklausen) March 20, 2014
I led a workshop at the American Copy Editors Society on how Twitter can be useful for copy editors. (No, I did not ask them to stand and sing, contrary to the appearance of the photo above.)
I made points covered in these previous #twutorial posts:
Step one for using Twitter as a reporter: Master advanced search
Hashtags help journalists find relevant tweets and reach more people
Hashtags considered #harmful by Daniel Victor
@bydanielvictor challenges the overuse of #hashtags
Use lists, TweetDeck, HootSuite, saved searches, alerts to organize Twitter’s chaos
How to verify information from tweets: Check it out
Ben Garvin’s advice: Illustrate your tweets
Updated Twitter time management tips
If a tweet looks too good to be true, grab a screenshot NOW
I probably make other points used elsewhere in my #twutorial series.
I also discussed curation.
Here are the slides for my workshop, followed by some tweets from workshop attendees (I may update later with more tweets):
One day, I too will live tweet an event where @stevebuttry is speaking about using @twitter. Because #meta.
— Chad Garland (@chadgarland) March 21, 2014
Surest bet in Vegas: The @copyeditors session with highest proportion of screens/attendees will be #twutorial by @stevebuttry.
— Scott Butterworth (@mrbutterworth) March 20, 2014
“Who’s got cleaner copy than we do? It makes sense to have the people with the cleanest copy doing the tweeting.” — @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) March 20, 2014
Tweet in conversational style, not headlinese, says @stevebuttry #twutorial #ACES2014
— Gerri Berendzen (@gerrrib) March 20, 2014
Keys to successful tweeting: Conversational tone, reply & RT, thank community members, use @usernames and #hashtags. @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) March 20, 2014
Use @usernames of people in community to catch attn, says @stevebuttry #aces2014
— Teresa Schmedding (@tschmedding) March 20, 2014
Build database of @usernames for newsroom. Esp. Look for hs athletes who don’t read your paper: @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Teresa Schmedding (@tschmedding) March 20, 2014
Use Google to find those @twitter user names, that is. @stevebuttry @marksluckie
— Scott Butterworth (@mrbutterworth) March 20, 2014
.@stevebuttry: Make sure hashtags are relevant and specific. Don't stuff tweets with too-general hashtags. #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
Can’t stop thinking of this @jimmyfallon skit during the #hashtag section of @stevebuttry’s talk at #ACES2014 https://t.co/vqVeX2Cwa3
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) March 20, 2014
.@stevebuttry: Ideal Twitter hashtag length is 5 to 8 characters or less. #ACES2014
— Boaz Herzog (@boazherzog) March 20, 2014
When tweeting on a branded account, don't be stuffy. Distribute content, but also be conversational. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
People generally pay more attention to conversational accounts than the those that just tweet links. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
Tweets with photos get more engagement. If you have rights to a relevant photo, use it! – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
If opinion or fun is appropriate for your brand, "have at it." – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
Curation: Is it bad? Journalists have always been curators according to @acarvin and @stevebuttry, the medium has just changed. #ACES2014
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) March 20, 2014
When breaking news happens in your community, do a location search for "holy sh*t" and "wtf" for initial leads. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
That’s a tip from Andy Carvin, by the way.
Finding on-scene sources: Turns out that, when big news happens, journalists aren't only ones with a foul mouth – @stevebuttry #aces2014
— Scott Butterworth (@mrbutterworth) March 20, 2014
Check timestamps when evaluating a user's credibility. Also look for photos. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
Previous tweets can also provide clues about a user's credibility. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 20, 2014
Or, @stevebuttry says tweets with photos get more traction. #twutorial #ACES2014 pic.twitter.com/3gHH25I3O0
— Gerri Berendzen (@gerrrib) March 20, 2014
#ACESchat gets a shout-out from @stevebuttry as a way for the ever important copy editors of the world to keep in touch. #ACES2014
— Hannah Wise (@hwise29) March 21, 2014
Gold Twitter tip from @stevebuttry: If you see a tweet that's too good to be true, grab a screenshot immediately (before it can be deleted)
— Scott Butterworth (@mrbutterworth) March 21, 2014
Rumors existed before Twitter, but Twiiter accelerates them – @stevebuttry #aces2014
— Scott Butterworth (@mrbutterworth) March 21, 2014
When you make a mistake in a tweet, correct it quickly but acknowledge the error. – @stevebuttry #ACES2014
— Ashley Slaney (@aslaney) March 21, 2014
A good journalism tip via @stevebuttry: If you tweet a big error, ask your retweeters to retweet your correction, too. #ACES2014
— Steve Bien-Aime (@Steve_BienAime) March 21, 2014
Really liked @stevebuttry's points about being conversational in tweets and including usernames. #ACES2014
— Nick Piastowski (@nickpia) March 21, 2014
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