We’ll begin tweeting the class as we would a news event,

Why are we doing this, anyway?

As a mass media professional, you will be using Twitter to promote your organization, client or product, and/or to transmit the latest news. So, this gives you practice in giving up-to-date information about an event – our class.

Here’s the schedule of when you’ll tweet for the rest of this semester.

See the full list of instructions. Here are some pointers to help you get started:

1. Tweets are 140 characters, maximum (that includes spaces and punctuation)
2. Include #manship2010 somewhere in the tweet (#manship2010 is part of the 140-character limit)
3. #manship2010 allows us to follow the tweets of our classmates
4. Here’s what a sample tweet would look like using the hashtag:
   1. Good media writers avoid passive voice in their storytelling. #manship2010
   2. Working hard in #manship2010 to make my leads sing