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Final exam alternate resources

Link One — Analyze this example of a journalist using Twitter. Take a position on the validity of this project as journalism. Construct an argument of 100-250 words. Defend your position by citing the readings assigned as preparation for the final, and your 250-word response to the readings.

Link Two — Go to this site and follow links to two essays in a pro-and-con debate on the validity of Twitter for reporting breaking news. Weigh in on the debate with a 500-word argument based on the two essays and on the readings assigned as preparation for the final.

Twitter activities

For Monday 4/27

Make sure you are following everyone:

• Here are the Twitter user names for JRN300:

BeccaRoman • diamondsonmygrl • dsnyds818 • james933 • jbg07
Kandice213 • Kassandra9691 • knoelw • leahrand • MediaAhoy
NPapes • Price86 • SamKanatzar • TryKevinToday • wlw2853
• Sarah and Seth will be creating Twitter accounts soon.

Download and install TweetDeck at home and in the Craig 338 lab

• Download at http://www.tweetdeck.com/
• Install, and create a group including me and all JRN300 folks. See the list above
• This video tutorial is useful: http://bit.ly/44rNSj
• Let's attempt a conversation during Monday's lab.


For Wednesday 4/29 and thereafter

I will conduct brief Twitter forums during lab time

• Get practice using Twitter and TwitterDeck
• Fine-tune the final exam process and ground rules based on what we discover.


Before the final exam

Read these articles. E-mail me a 250-word response on any aspect. DUE noon Sun. 5/10

• Consider the validity of Twitter as a news tool and its best uses for news.

• You can reference your written response during the final exam discussion.

• Your written response will provide proof of independent thinking during the final exam.
– You won't have to worry about appearing unoriginal if you echo others' comments.
– I won't have to worry either, because I already know where you stand.

The Rise of Twitter as a Platform for Serious Discourse

Twitter, Mumbai, and 10 facts about journalism now

Twitizen Journalism: Can Twitter Be a Real News Platform?

What News Media Who Use Twitter 'One Way Only' Miss Out On

To Tweet or Not to Tweet / MaureenDowd


For the final exam

Condense your 250-word response to a
140-character Tweet for a final-exam forum.

Study these news-oriented Twitter users.
Prepare for a final exam forum:
What is the news value of these users' content?

Daily Oklahoman storms project

Breaking News on Twitter

Anamarie Cox of Time.com

New York Times on Twitter

Springfield News-Leader on Twitter

Rick Sanchez of CNN

Important video announcement

Highlights of this announcement:

• My last and most elaborate call for you to use the editing booths in the library.
• Comments from a library staff member who did his best to provide information in response to my surprise request.
• An offer to extend the Downtown field trip opportunities to those who have not participated.