By Ingie Al-Nakhlawi
I looked at three different journalists from different organizations. The most aspect that they have in common is their frequent updates of the latest news in their area or in their field. I also noticed that they only had twitter sites and personal web-sites available to the public.
I looked at Emily Steel, digital media and marketing reporter, for the Wall Street Journal. She updates information weekly, and is followed by 6,073 followers on Twitter. She does not update personal information, keeping it to a professional site. People ask her question about marketing and she replies to them occasionally. She re-tweets a lot of information, more than creating her own.
Brian Stelter is a media reporter for TV and digital media who works at the New York Times. He is more interactive with his followers, even though he has accumulated many more than Steel has. He has 28,080 followers on Twitter. He posts updates every couple hours. I liked how he seems like a serious professional, but some of his posts were personal with humor. He also interacts with friends. For example a recent post a friend wrote, “Good to see you! Karaoke while you’re here…” It gives you the feel that he is serious, but also fun. He also writes personal thoughts as in “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.”
Al Rocker, anchor and news correspondent, Today Show host, and TV producer, of NBC News, is also more frequent with his updates. He updates every couple hours, usually professional news updates. He has 57,115 followers on Twitter, which makes Al Rocker the most popular of all three. He lists on his page that he is a husband and father, so he is combining his personal and professional interests on his site.
They also are following each other on Twitter.
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