Friday, March 5, 2010

Journalists: Who Should You Follow on Twitter?

How does one keep up with videojournalism news, info, trends? First and foremost, by scouring hundreds of Websites and blogs every week. But we're also finding that Twitter is becoming an increasingly useful resource as media institutions and journalists are getting in the habit of concisely sharing their views and perspectives -- and links to their best work.

We'd like to pass along a small sample of some of the Twitter accounts we've found useful for scouting good journalism, photojournalism, and videojournalism. Just add "http://www.twitter.com/" in front of each Twitter handle.

And please share your favorites with us, in the Comments section below. Thanks!

MEDIA INSTITUTIONS:

ABC
CBSNews
NBCNews
TIME
Newsweek
AP
cnnbrk
nytimes
latimes
washingtonpost
LAObserved
nprpolitics
nprnews
PRI
JewishJournal
MotherJones
vanityfairmag
wired
Slate
TheWrap
huffpo

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VISUAL MEDIA INSTITUTIONS:

LIFE
nytimesphoto
LATimesPhotos
AP_PhotoDesk
MediaStorm
bbcvideo
boingboingvideo
magnumphotos
asmp
pdnonline

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JOURNALISTS:

NickKristof
NYTimesDowd
NYTimesRich
NYTimesFriedman
nytimespogue
BobHerbert
AmanpourCNN
jamesrgaines
mimiswartz
thejoelstein
KBAndersen
susanorlean
maddow
andersoncooper
sharonwaxman
vidlit
alexiat

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VISUAL JOURNALISTS:

rosenblumtv
cmulvany
travisfox
annderry
olsentropy
lucy_nicholson
francineorr
craigwduff
robbmontgomery
nicoleshea

*****

MEDIA COMMENTATORS:

NiemanLab
reginajmc
tomkennedy
GuyKawasaki
jayrosen_nyu
jeffjarvis
mashable
NewspaperVideo
93stories
storytellin
betsybrill
EthicsforMedia

*****

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT
(Just for fun!)

dribbleglass
TheOnion
diablocody
mindykaling
rainnwilson
BorowitzReport

And of course, please follow us at http://www.twitter.com/kobre !

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Ken
Having been doing this since 1988 and having built entirely VJ-driven TV stations and even networks around the world, (and blogging on it since 2006 at www.rosenblumtv.com), I was a bit disappointed not to make your list. What does one have to do to get into the club?

Prof. Ken Kobre said...

Oversight corrected, with apologies and gratitude! Original twitter search turned up a lot of "rosenblum" but not "rosenblumtv" -- but now we're delighted to add it. Get in the club? You created the club!

Unknown said...

Hey Ken
Many thanks! I have been following you forever. You do a great job! Happy to be in the club!
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