Assignment:
Prepare by following five national media journalists on Twitter. Make sure they work for a well-known media company and have a verified Twitter account. The five journalists should be from five different media outlets.
Review the journalists' Twitter posts for the past week. Examine how often they post, what type of posts they make (are they commenting on current events or promoting their own stories?), and how many people engage with them (replies, retweets, favorites). Do they make any personal tweets or jokes, or are they all business?
For the discussion, choose two of the journalists and post your observations from above. Write a very brief bio of each journalist (name, organization, beat, etc.). State your opinion on the quality and frequency of their posts. From what you can glean about their personality and work habits from their Twitter account, discuss how you would approach each journalist to pitch a story idea.