Breaking news tweet:
BREAKING: Rapper Suge Knight involved in fatal hit-and-run. It is unclear if Knight was driving the car. http://t.co/GDSTjXTz7e
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Developing tweet:
Developing: Lawyer says Marion "Suge" Knight was behind the wheel when he struck two men, killing one, in Compton. http://t.co/XAI2wgCKMc
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Standard news tweets:
Mitt Romney won't run for president in 2016, says it's "best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity." http://t.co/NygCdzbZK6
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
The man who flew the drone that crashed on the @WhiteHouse lawn told the Secret Service he'd been drinking. http://t.co/YcwQbBeEmf
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
In response to reports of alcohol abuse, hazing and sexual assault, @dartmouth just announced a ban on hard liquor. http://t.co/DB64AuduF8
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
.@LilTunechi is suing Cash Money Records for $51M. via @XXL http://t.co/TeEfnpdbnq
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Upworthy style tweet:
You won't believe which terms @taylorswift13 decided to trademark. http://t.co/DszJgUwhTl
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Commentary/analysis tweets:
Excited to officially welcome Alpha Epsilon Pi to the @LUGreeks community! http://t.co/sOQbgKlg8e
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Didn't expect to see @Uber coming to the Lehigh Valley, but here it is. Thanks for the news, @LVwithLove http://t.co/EmmOljxtTO
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Atomic sharing tweets:
"Medical errors kill more people than car crashes or new disease outbreaks." @voxdotcom tells you why. http://t.co/6Ye4F2ryj4
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Bill Belichick could be telling the truth about why his team's footballs were under-inflated. via @voxdotcom http://t.co/MkfNW0Dz8a
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
Question Tweet:
What do you think about the changes @LehighU made to fraternity recruitment this year? @LUBrownWhite reports http://t.co/nuKMVkwJX1
— Danielle DiStefano (@daniellejdistef) January 30, 2015
In general, I liked experimenting with different tweets. Because of my work with The Brown and White, I'm pretty comfortable with writing standard news tweets.
Again, as an editor for The Brown and White, I'm used to breaking news tweets, but felt kind of awkward using that style in this format because I'm not the news organization that actually broke the news. I like best the commentary/analysis tweets, because I best know my Twitter followers and what they would be most likely to read based on my commentary.
Atomic sharing tweets and question tweets are a quick and easy way to tweet something interesting, but in a less formal way.
I didn't exactly like writing the Upworthy style tweet. I mainly disliked it because I had a hard time finding an article for which I could justify using that style. Plus, it just appears gossipy and I didn't want that on my Twitter feed.
You're used to real breaking news. It's artificial in this assignment, but the key is learning the steps (breaking, developing, standard) so you see the progression. For the record, you had the least forced Upworthy tweet in the class so you're talented at gossipy tweets, apparently! :) But there is something about those; the tease to information and there's a bit of a payoff but it's not as satisfying as advertised.
ReplyDeleteCommentary tweets, you're right, you have to know your audience and followers and what they like. Atomic tweets are useful. I use those two styles the most, I think.