I assigned my students in Commentary and Blogging (JMC406) to post ten interesting Twitter feeds they follow – I decided I would do the assignment as well. Here’s ten accounts I follow on Twitter that are among my favorites.
1. Ben O’Connell – @benjamin_oc
Managing editor for C-SPAN and our host for playing Fantasy C-SPAN Editorial Board on Twitter many weekday afternoons.
Which 3 of the 5 events in this image would you also cover?
I'll let you know what we decide around 3:45p ET. pic.twitter.com/3f899Bs5G1
— Ben O'Connell (@benjamin_oc) January 14, 2019
2. Tim Carman – @timcarman
Food writer and restaurant review for the Washington Post. (And UNK journalism grad!)
.@tomsietsema on his fave budget dishes for the year. I offer my fave fine dining/pricy experiences. Variety is the spice of life and all that stuff. https://t.co/KCVNnGi8B5
— Tim Carman (@timcarman) December 31, 2018
3. Christmas Dunker – @ChrisDunkerLJS
Essential Nebraska state government reporter for the Lincoln Star News.
An independent commission — consisting of two people from each of NE's 3 congressional districts, with no more than 3 belonging to the same political party — would conducting redistricting in 2021. A bill (LB253) from Sen. John McCollister: https://t.co/375XiVHSJS
— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) January 14, 2019
4. Professor Jeremy – @JeremyHL
University of Nebraska Omaha professor and social media expert/textbook author
Wow: For Owners of Amazon's Ring Security Cameras, Strangers May Have Been Watching —via @theintercept #data #privacy #UNOjmc441 #smc2021 ✔️ https://t.co/pmGgH3mIv4
— Professor Jeremy (@JeremyHL) January 11, 2019
5. Todd VanDerWerff – @tvoti
Critic at large and host of the podcast I Think You’re Interesting for Vox Media.
6. Jeremy Littau – @JeremyLittau
Journalism prof at Leigh University and all-around interesting guy about Twitter
Best advice I ever got as a grad student and junior faculty member: protect your time. The mentor who shared this with me said it was the corollary to publish-or-perish, but I found it's also just how you keep from going crazy in this line of work.
— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) January 10, 2019
7. Lin-Manuel Miranda – @LinManuel
Because tweets from the writer/star of Hamilton make me happy.
Gnight.
A fervent hope that you get every moment you need tonight: a moment of rest, a moment of grace, a moment of epiphany, a moment to plan, a moment entirely yours and no one else’s.— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) January 14, 2019
8. Bobak Ferdowsi – @tweetsoutloud
Space probe engineer; guy with the mohawk from Mars Curiosity rover
Taken fifty years ago today, this perspective from Apollo 8 is still a powerful reminder that we all inhabit a delicately beautiful world together.
Happy holidays, neighbors. pic.twitter.com/4M0iiJsn6v
— Bobak Ferdowsi (@tweetsoutloud) December 24, 2018
9. Michael Socolow – @MichaelSocolow
Media historian, associate professor at University of Maine, interesting media commentary
Walter Cronkite's salary in 1968, when he finally beat "Huntley-Brinkley Report" for #1 network newscast, was $300,000. That's $2.2 million in today's dollars. "CBS Evening News" grossed over $25m per year in advertising at the time.
NBC just paid Megyn Kelly $69m to walk away.
— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) January 12, 2019
10. Kerri Sparling – @sixuntilme
Great diabetes blogger and sometimes crazy poet.