Another Q&A with a leading media Twitterer, this time with Journalism.co.uk’s Judith Townend. And, yep, these are 140-characters or less Twitter-friendly answers.
* What did you think about the concept when you first heard about Twitter?
What? Why? I don’t get it. Suspicious.
* Do you recall your first tweet?
Please bear with me: I’ll be getting going with this soon. Good to know there are people already following!
* How did you use Twitter to begin with?
For purposes of picking up news leads & figuring out how people used Twitter
* How has your use of Twitter changed?
Set up interviews via DMs; get Twitter-fondness for people; offload more informally & 1st Twinterview last week (http://tinyurl.com/awzl3x)
* What do you want from Twitter?
A dip-in dip-out way of communicating with useful people
* Have you attended a tweetup?
Not yet. Tried to get to Brighton Twestival last week and despite @journalismnews being the top seaside Twit-dog we couldn’t get tickets
* Have you evangelised Twitter? If so, any success?
I try to keep the habit secret from my life friends tbh, but then find it creeping into conversations. And dreams. Bad.
* Do you have any self-imposed policies regarding your use of Twitter?
Nope. Don’t really like hard and fast rules like that. Ok, one actually, I block obvious spammers selling me real estate
* How do you see your use of Twitter developing this year?
bigger&more often though I’ve already got @jtownend @journalismnews @journalism_live @foodeyjudey and @press_freedom on the go
[+] @JTownend is Judith Townend, news reporter for Journalism.co.uk, who also has her own blog at fromtheonline.com. She is jt.townend on Delicious and can be reached via email: judith at journalism.co.uk.
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