The homework for my Commentary and Blogging class this week is for them to each make a blog post with ten interesting Twitter feeds to follow, along with a brief explanation of why each is worth paying attention to. I thought I would do the assignment as well:
1. @jayrosen_nyu -Legendary NYU journalism professor
In journalism I have called this "the production of innocence." https://t.co/S9nXnzlYL2 It's not just false balance, but a continuous "public showing by professional journalists that they have no politics themselves, no views of their own, no side, no stake, no ideology."
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 18, 2020
2. @timcarman – UNK grad and award-winning Washington Post food writer
No one asked for it, but you got it anyway: My take on @SnoopDogg and @dunkindonuts' new @BeyondMeat D-O-Double G Sandwich: https://t.co/dKaLBQO0MB
— Tim Carman (@timcarman) January 16, 2020
3. @JeremyLittau – Journalism professor and Twitter public intellectual
For those who aren’t quite sure why these media layoffs keep happening, or think “it’s the internet!” or “people don’t pay to subscribe,” there’s a lot more going on. Though that is part of that. Here’s a cliffs notes version – not exhaustive but it hits the highlights:
— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) January 24, 2019
4. @Keah_Maria – Keah Brown, author of The Cute One and creator of #DisabledAndCute hashtag
And, shout out to the people who don’t just use underrepresented people as props for a moment to seem like they’re “woke” or in the know but actually foster relationships and don’t just drop them when what they need from them is over.
— Keah Buy The Secret Summer Promise Brown (@Keah_Maria) January 15, 2020
5. @ChrisDunkerLJS – Legislative & higher ed reporter for Lincoln Journal Star
The Legislature is debating a bill that would afford basic journalistic protections to students — and this will surprise you — but there seems to be a lack of understanding by some of how the First Amendment works.
— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) January 14, 2020
6. @popmediaprof – Pop culture professor specializing in queer theory and LGBT studies
7. @DavidAFrench – Senior editor for The Dispatch and Iraq war veteran
The terrible truth is that when populations of new and different people move to new places, they often encounter vicious bigots. They don’t create vicious bigots. Thoughts on the awful violence against Orthodox Jews: https://t.co/0PMFIjYykD
— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 19, 2020
8. @ElizKolbert – Author of The Sixth Extinction, New Yorker reporter on climate issues. If you talk about her ideas, people will not invite you back to parties.
Enjoying the 2020s so far? My take on the Australian fires and what's in store: https://t.co/GIDLE1Nbkz
— Elizabeth Kolbert (@ElizKolbert) January 5, 2020
9. @Sulliview – Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for Washington Post
The Sanders-Warren ‘feud’ and Ukraine revelations are nowhere near equal in importance. Try telling the media that. … My new column https://t.co/jPC6WFmdfb
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) January 18, 2020
10. @seungminkim – White House reporter for Washington Post
Except he just tweeted that he will be making a statement tomorrow morning https://t.co/P1TZTy9vf5
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 8, 2020