So when I first came to Coe, ROTC had decided to get hooked in with Twitter. We all created accounts so we could follow each other and our cadre could get messages to us quickly. I tweeted 23 times in that one year, and haven't touched it since. I was going to start all over with a new account, but since I had used my Coe email for that one, I decided to just revise my old Twitter.
Now, I want to be able to use Twitter to keep up with things in politics and journalism because those are my interests. I should add traveling journalism, but I haven't yet. Through
10 High Fliers on Twitter from The Chronicle of Higher Education I found several people I wanted to follow, and through those people, a few others. These are the people I am now following: KatzOnEarth, sharifkouddous, AriBerman, EricBoehlert, and Jay Rosen.
Honestly, I had thought of Twitter with some contempt. It was just something people used to text the world about their lives. What kind of conceit is that? Isn't that what Facebook is for? But having read the two articles our professor posted, the possibilities of such a tool have become more apparent to me. The way it can connect people, the things it can do for journalism or politics - these could be amazing if used properly! That's why I have decided to follow the people I have with it - I want to stay informed and network and learn anything those people have to share with me. In a professional use, Twitter has endless possibilities.
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