CVS Quits Smoking

When CVS first announced to Twitter that they would ban tobacco sales this October 2014, it was amazing to see all the support the big business got from the public.  They decided to put the nation's health before the company making money.  It shouldn't have taken this long, but at least it happened.  This past February 5 they announced it on Twitter.  I created a Storify of many organizations and teams, including the White House, who reached out to CVS to say thanks and give their applause. Check out my Storify here.

Pam Cotter

Response to Pam Cotter, assistant managing editor at the ProJo
@prcotter

Pam offered some insight on how the professional journalism community today values social media.  It was good to see that they value social media so much, because it really is a significant element in the progression of news media in our society today.  We can now post things instantaneously and she demonstrated how the ProJo puts Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook to use in order to gain publicity.

As a result of the visit, I plan to make my twitter handle include my name.  Now my handle includes my nickname, I don't call myself "Ginger" it's just what my friends call me.  I plan to make a whole new Twitter account next year after I graduate, or stop tweeting inappropriate things like profanity and sexual jokes...

If you're a ginger, you'll understand this.

If you're not a ginger, then take a short moment to read a little about the life of a red head attending middle school here.

Twitter Account Analysis @JessicaKRoy

Jessica Roy, @JessicaKRoy, editor of @TIMENewsfeed and reporter at @TIME

1.      The goal of her account is definitely to both inform and entertain her audience at the same time.  She often posts links to articles on comical things like this. 

Often when she posts a link, she will also tweet a short sentence about her response after reading it, often a funny response. I think her overall goal is definitely to spark conversation about things she finds interesting and others will too.

2.      Jessica is definitely updating the account herself, and I can deduce this because it’s very personal.  She tells a lot about herself in a funny manner, but she says thing that no one else would say about her, there would be no point to that. She updates it very often, too.  She has tweeted over 22,000 times.

3.      The tone is not very serious; it’s very light and funny. I feel like I can relate to the way she is tweeting. For example, “how the hell is my hair supposed to look good on a day like this”

4.      Jessica’s account is definitely very conversational.  She often posts things that ask her followers to respond and they do—and she will go back and forth with a follower, having a conversation on twitter with someone.

5.      To improve, I would say that for her job as a reporter, some of the words she posts are inappropriate, but it seems to me that what is deduced as professional is very blurred as of late with reporter’s twitter accounts.  To improve, maybe she shouldn’t reveal so much about her personally, but I think this makes her account funny and easy to relate to.

6.      She includes links quite often, and I really enjoy them.  Her links range from dating to food to anything, really.  I think her interests are similar to mine and her links always make me laugh or they inform me about something I wasn’t aware of.

7.      Her links always fall under things she writes about—mainly topics that young adults find appealing—sex, dating, food, etc. What she writes about is quite broad, so her links are generally just really funny and interesting, best put.

LIVE TWEET 2

Live Tweet Assignment 2

NBC 10 and Shri Studio’s Alison Bologna (NBC10_Alison) visited my WRT 303 class to talk about the non-profit outreach yoga studio (@ShriStudioRI) she founded.

1.      I will be livetweeting @NBC10_Alison ‘s visit to my writing class shortly! This woman is awesome and the founder of @ShriStudioRI

2.      @ShriStudio is a non-profit outreach yoga studio dedicated to improving downtown Pawtucket, and they’ve made incredible progress this past year!

3.      3^rd annual Yogathon of @ShriStudioRI is Saturday April 12! There will be live music, food, and workshops

4.      #tmlt all proceeds benefit yoga outreach throughout RI! @ShriStudioRI

5.      A strong basis team is essential in starting your own business, advice from @ShriStudio’s Alison Bologna

6.      #collaboration NOT competition, advice from Alison on her yoga studio @ShriStudioRI

7.      #constantcontact has helped @ShriStudioRI succeed!

8.      In getting your business’ name out there, what you distribute to the public should be colorful and easy to read, more advice from @NBC10_Alison of @ShriStudioRI

9.      So surprised and impressed by all the time and effort that’s required to start an outreach yoga studio @ShriStudioRI

10.  Jeez, non-profit business’ have so many implications as opposed to profitable business… #TotallyWorthIt @ShriStudioRI

11.  Wow @ShriStudioRI has truly improved downtown Pawtucket #BikeRacks #TrashCans #Banners #Plants

12.  Face to face contact is a key to getting support for your business, more advice from @ShriStudioRI ‘s @NBC10_Alison

13.  #TMLT also promote your message online to gain support #GoodAdvice! @NBC10_Alison

14.  #Partnering is one of @ShriStudio ‘s favorite things to do #success

15.  Make sure your team is truly passionate about the group’s mission #advice from Alison ‘of @ShriStudioRI

16.  More #advice from @NBC10_Alison of @ShriStudioRI She says that RI is great for starting out because everything is close

17.  Coming soon! #ShriBark no-nut bars! @ShriStudioRI #yum

18.  This woman is inspiring and she’s a journalist! @NBC10_Alison of @ShriStudioRI

19.  Thanks taking time out of your incredibly busy schedule to inspire our class @NBC10_Alison of @ShriStudioRI

20.  Can’t wait to visit @ShriStudioRI in Pawtucket

LIVE TWEET 1

@cspan

@NickBilton

Jack Dorsey

Evan Williams

Noah Glass

Dick Costolo

‘bout to live tweet @cspan with @nickbilton author of Hatching Twitter #tunein

@nickbilton sharing how he and his buddies came up with the idea for #twitter #cray

Twitter being named Friendstalker would make stalking socially acceptable @nickbilton @cspan

Poor, poor Noah #twitter #nomoney

Never knew about all this #twitter creator drama @cspan

¾ of the OG #twitter creators got rich as hell #cspan #wheresnoah #depressed

“in the process ended up tearing [our] friendship apart” @NickBolton about creating twitter #crying

Jack Dorsey tried to take all the credit lol #rude

Is getting rich as hell worth losing your friends doe? #uhhno

Responses

Response Career Advice for Aspiring Journalists

The tips for making it in the journalism world today, offered by the Forbes source, were really helpful.  It gave examples (as harsh as they are) of the truths about going into the field today, which is valuable. For example it states how the reality is that it’s not a promising field to go into, but then there were really great ideas for starting your brand and getting yourself into the field as a young person who is internet-savvy. All six of the tips were noteworthy and certainly skills/actions that every journalist should adopt.

Response NYT Public Editor Sees Social Media as “Double Edged Sword” Thatis Changing Objective Journalism

This article was particularly useful because it discussed both sides of the discussion over objectivity as journalists.  The first being conservative, should journalists be completely unbiased and not insert their opinions online now that’s it’s so easy since objectivity is so “fuzzy” definition?  The other side of it is that objectivity is “outdated” and that journalists can infuse their opinions to facilitate discussion and progression on topics. I thought both of the sides were understandable and each had good ideas, but I think where journalism is today, it’s better for young journalists to stick with the objectivity so they won’t get into any issues as they are just starting their career.