Some newsrooms don't want their reporters on the platform.
: How much should journalists be on Twitter, if at all? All too often, the perspectives of student journalists are left out of these conversations.
Let’s be clear, the platform is far from perfect. It can be a steady stream of bad news. And journalists — especially those in underrepresented communities — face awful harassment on the platform. It can also feel like a competition between journalists in terms of verification status, individual tweet performance, or personal news tweets. But it’s an undeniably useful tool for people coming up in the industry.
Rashad, who graduated from a two-year program at El Camino College before starting his program at Cal Poly, remembers how jarring it was to read firsthand accounts after. At the time, he knew journalism was dealing with acquisitions by hedge funds and a lack of ad revenue, but seeing journalists publicly handle the industry-wide mass layoffs surprised him.
One example: While she was attending Penn State as an undergrad, Lacy had the opportunity to write forafter an editor sent her a direct message over Twitter. Since then, connections have sent her everything from job opportunities to freelance gigs.
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