Journalism in the age of Twitter

Kelly Fincham, on Poynter.com, discusses how journalism students need to learn how to use Twitter in their lives and in their careers.

Some of the points:

-- It is not about what you had for lunch or what color your nails are. It’s about developing a network and a beat.

-- Students need to realize the value of Twitter as a storytelling and verification tool.

-- Your tweets are public and they will be around a long, long time.  A poorly thought-out tweet can come back to haunt you just like all those drunken photos on Facebook. Can this get me into trouble 10 years from now?

Kelly teaches journalism at Hofstra University. She has been a journalist in the U.S, Ireland and Australia for 30 years.

Read the entire article at http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/journalism-education/188408/what-every-young-journalist-should-know-about-using-twitter/