KOSCIUSKO —
If you had told me well over a year ago that my twitter account would help me not only disperse the news but get a few tips and reminders in return – I would say “No, way!”
Case in point – the Wesson bank robbery with the Attala County connection (See Page 1A) told to me by a follower on Twitter, and through the months I have heard about other news items while being on the social networking site reading others “tweets.”
Twitter has been described as a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read other users' messages called tweets.
Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page. Tweets are publicly visible by default, however senders can restrict message delivery to their friends list.
The other social networking site, Facebook, has a greater following in our area but does not have the news following of Twitter.
Certainly, I find out bits and pieces of information on Facebook through status updates of friends in the area and through the comments on The Star-Herald’s Facebook fan page but sometimes it’s not quite as newsy.
Now more than ever, we are totally connected to each other through technology.
When covering a trial in Vaiden, I was able to quickly send the verdict out in mass through Twitter via my cell phone and right onto The Star-Herald’s web page.
Thanks to all the news tipsters that on some days make my job a little easier and thanks to all that share their input.
That’s what makes The Star-Herald great – You our readers and Twitter followers.
Leslie N Dees is managing editor of The Star-Herald. Follow her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lndees
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