My first assignment in my commentary and bogging class to post 10 Twitter accounts that could be useful in class to follow. I always use this as an opportunity to share some of my favorites:
GI Independent reports Northwest eliminated its school paper, something press advocates call censorship. Looks like months of reporting went into this article with multiple sources https://t.co/7CMMEF6Sdp
— Steve White (@NTVsSteveWhite) August 24, 2022
- Steve White is an excellent local reporter at NTV who has an active presence on Twitter. Lots of good commentary on the news.
The tweet was up for almost 10 hours, and 5 hours after a second tweet defended it! https://t.co/ra83ZGQVFf
— Chris Dunker (@ChrisDunkerLJS) August 20, 2022
2. Chris Dunker is a reporter for the Lincoln Journal-Star. Along with the rest of his reporting, he does a great job live tweeting the unicameral and the board of regents.
This is CNN moving in the wrong direction, getting rid of one of the few avenues cable news has for self-criticism. @brianstelter is one of the best. Just an incomprehensible cut from a public-service perspective (familiar ruthless cost cutting for Discovery, though). https://t.co/cpUAaLhQEB
— Jeremy Littau (@JeremyLittau) August 18, 2022
3. Jeremy Littau is a friend of mine and a great commentator on media economics and news culture. How many people become Twitter famous for an endless thread on local media economics that goes viral?
On any given night (2019 data), 99.3% of the U.S. citizenry *isn't* watching Fox News. With rapid cable cord cutting, that number's even lower now.
The scale of the TV news "problem" needs to be stated with actual audience numbers when it's discussed. https://t.co/SG5aWwxSKC https://t.co/dgU8l2bbUh
— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) August 11, 2022
4. Michael Socolow is a media historian from Maine and a friend of mine. Great at putting news in context.
One of the joys(?) of living in the Washington area are all the only-in-DC ads aimed at members of a key subcommittee. Thanks to Twitter, now the rest of the country can see what these look like. Anyone wanna buy an assault copter? https://t.co/FZSMQE5yHv
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) August 19, 2022
5. Paul Farhi covers media issues for the Washington Post. Good reporter and interesting Twitter feed.
Wendy’s new French toast sticks stink. I’m not joking. (h/t to @MattBrooksWP for this headline that never was.) https://t.co/2pBx4g2EOk
— Tim Carman (@timcarman) August 17, 2022
6. Tim Carman, food writer for the Washington Post, is a UNK journalism alum. He writes restaurant reviews of the kinds of places you really want to go to eat as well as covering a wide range of cultural issues connected to food. Also, every now and then he gives us a fast food review.
Thoughts on the guilty plea in the Breonna Taylor case.
Until we reform the laws that set events in motion, we’ll keep learning a terrible truth: Individuals lie, and individuals pull triggers, but when laws permit injustice, then systems can kill. https://t.co/Rbpjspiv5Q
— David French (@DavidAFrench) August 24, 2022
7. David French is a center-right commentator who is always worth reading, even when you disagree with him. He is the very heart of what I mean by “no Dreaded Talking Points.”
The more I’ve covered US politics, the more obsessed I’ve become with the partition of India.
What makes neighbors turn on one another?I know there are so many ways in which the 2 tales are different. But they’ve bookended my grandparents lives. And there’s a sadness to that
— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) August 17, 2022
8. Asma Khalid is a White House correspondent for NPR News. I hear her regularly on the NPR Politics podcast. One of my favorites. One of the few Pakistani-American Muslims working in the national media.
9. Wesley Lowery came to national attention when police arrested him for sitting in a McDonalds, trying to file a story to the Washington Post on the riots in Ferguson, MO over the death of Michael Brown.
It's as if Congress told NASA to keep printing newspapers in a world with broadband Internet.https://t.co/4g6VIlcGTt
— Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) August 23, 2022
10. Eric Berger is one of my favorite space news reporters, covering the beat for Ars Technica. This particular article linked to here is an excellent deep dive into the history and consequences of NASA’s massive Space Launch System moon rocket.
I Photoshop paddington into a movie or TV show until I forget: Day 522 pic.twitter.com/XlEVdyMRcS
— Jaythechou (@jaythechou) August 13, 2022
+1. Jaythechou posts photoshops of Paddington Bear into a movie or TV show. He has been doing this for more than 500 days.