I was interested to see PR Blogger’s post identifying which British journos are using Twitter (as individuals rather than a company news feed).
It’s great to have this as a sort of directory so people can track down a particular individual’s activity so I hope it continues to grow.
A couple of things struck me about the list;
* There seems to be a bit of a north-south divide. Just a few of us as far north as Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire but what about the rest of England and the Scots?
* Among the nationals, is tweeting a broadsheet only activity? Are there any red-top colleagues using Twitter?
If the micro-blogging platform continues to grow in popularity as fast as it has been to date, then they’ll soon need a whole database to cope with a directory.
Perhaps twitter names will be as commonplace as a phone number one day and there will be a 118 number to call to get people’s Twitter names with the original networked bird Buzby as its mascot.
(btw, the image on this page was borrowed from dirtymartini.wordpress.com/2008/02/ who used it alongside a posting on how phone technology has changed. S/he quite rightly also pointed out that no-one under 25 would understand what this yellow bird was all about so, if you fall into that age-group, apologies.)
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Hi Sarah,
Thanks for the link.
I agree, there seems to be a lot more journo tweeters in the south than up here in the north.
Admittedly the list isn’t comprehensive and I’m sure I’ve omitted quite a few in both areas. But as a resident of the North East I’m slight concerned that I didn’t find one from the region.
Stephen
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Hi Sarah,
Thanks for the link.
I agree, there seems to be a lot more journo tweeters in the south than up here in the north.
Admittedly the list isn’t comprehensive and I’m sure I’ve omitted quite a few in both areas. But as a resident of the North East I’m slight concerned that I didn’t find one from the region.
Stephen
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Hi Stephen
I’m always searching for north east twitterers too! There’s Julie Martin at the Teesside Gazette @jules_27 plus Yorkshire’s @ratcliffe. If you’re going into Scotland there’s @chapwithwings (Iain Hepburn). But that’s my lot – you’ve now emptied my twitter contacts book. Good luck with the list – oh and what’s your twitter name?
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Hi Stephen
I’m always searching for north east twitterers too! There’s Julie Martin at the Teesside Gazette @jules_27 plus Yorkshire’s @ratcliffe. If you’re going into Scotland there’s @chapwithwings (Iain Hepburn). But that’s my lot – you’ve now emptied my twitter contacts book. Good luck with the list – oh and what’s your twitter name?
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He’s @stedavies
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Sarah, there’s about five Scottish journalists on Twitter. Most hacks and PRs in Scotland haven’t caught up with websites that allow comments so Twitter-awareness will come in around ten years. I’m going to post about this when I get a moment as it makes being a tech-pushing PRO quite difficult when most think it’s a waste of time.
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Sarah, there’s about five Scottish journalists on Twitter. Most hacks and PRs in Scotland haven’t caught up with websites that allow comments so Twitter-awareness will come in around ten years. I’m going to post about this when I get a moment as it makes being a tech-pushing PRO quite difficult when most think it’s a waste of time.
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Oh yeah and I’m at http://www.twitter.com/craigmcgill while one of my tweet projects – the works of Robert Burns as Tweets is at http://www.twitter.com/ayrshirebard
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Oh yeah and I’m at http://www.twitter.com/craigmcgill while one of my tweet projects – the works of Robert Burns as Tweets is at http://www.twitter.com/ayrshirebard
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Happy to speak up for Notts and the Midlands: http://twitter.com/georgehopkin
Love that Buzby pic – am about to bid on a Trimphone on eBay!
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Happy to speak up for Notts and the Midlands: http://twitter.com/georgehopkin
Love that Buzby pic – am about to bid on a Trimphone on eBay!
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Hi Sarah,
As WfH says, I’m @stedavies. I’ve just added you.
Thanks for the heads up on the other journos. I think I may have to do a follow up post in the next few months as I’ve found another 10 just since yesterday.
Stephen
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Hi Sarah,
As WfH says, I’m @stedavies. I’ve just added you.
Thanks for the heads up on the other journos. I think I may have to do a follow up post in the next few months as I’ve found another 10 just since yesterday.
Stephen
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