Tonight I experienced my first-ever TwitterChat. It was great!
I started following #journchat a little before 8 p.m. and I couldn’t stop even though I felt like I should have been doing other things (like working on my internship log). But I’m glad I stuck with it. It was sort of like a class with one of my j-school professors–learning a bunch of useful information and hearing a bunch of educated opinions on the craft of journalism and mass communication. Even though it became rather challenging to keep up with and, therefore, chime in, bceause of its speed, I enjoyed reading insights from people in Georgia, California and everywhere in between. You just can’t get that anywhere else!
Topics in tonight’s chat included using Twitter tweets for sources, coverage of Michael Jackson’s death and how social media has changed people’s jobs.
Even though it was difficult to keep up, it was nice because I could go away and come back if I needed to. After speed reading through a few entries, I could catch right up and jump back into the conversation.
In addition to all the expertise and opinions in the media world, the chat also helped meet a few new and intresting people to follow on Twitter. I’m always looking for interesting tweeps!
By the time the chat finished and I had contributed a ONEPITCH for my blog (yes, this one!), I had just enough time to write this blog before heading to bed. Another long day of work tomorrow, but I’m glad I spent tonight as I did!
You can find out more about journchat and even read the Twitter transcipt from tonight’s chat here: http://wthashtag.com/Journchat Enjoy!
