US-based site BeatBlogging.org is collecting names of journalists who use Twitter to “help report, find sources, ask questions and more”.
Beatblogging.org is part of NewAssignment.Net, and is on a mission to look at “how journalists can use social networks and other Web tools to improve beat reporting, with an empahsis on “pushing the practice” and spotlighting innovation”, according to the site’s authors.
They have 57 responses so far, mostly US-based. So how about we get a UK thing going here? If you are a journalist using Twitter in the manner described above, please leave a comment with your Twitter handle below. I’m @johncthompson and this blog’s other authors are @jtownend and @lauraoliver. All our news is broadcast on @journalismnews (and you can talk to us on that channel too).
@Mark_Coughlan
Here’s a list of UK journalists on Twitter that’s already been compiled:
http://www.prblogger.com/2008/11/uk-journalists-on-twitter/
And two wikis already in existence, one for media people using Twitter and media outlets on Twitter. I wouldn’t reinvent the wheel, if I were you. 😉
https://twitteringjournalists.pbwiki.com/
@newsiain
@cdesrets
@tartancat
The lists mentioned are good, as far as they go, but there’s not much detail for journos and twitterers north of the border.