I was very excited to hear that Rory Cellan-Jones, technology correspondent for the BBC, would be coming to talk to us at CJS.
Rory gave us an interesting example of how to make a fairly dull technology story quite interesting.
The topic was ‘cloud computing’ and his story included lots of ‘wooshy’ graphics of Joe Bloggs using his computer and it zooming out and up into the clouds. Entertaining stuff.
He then told us how useful Twitter can be as a tool for journalists.
At first I was a little bit skeptical, thinking “here we go again – talking Twitter.” But then I realised that Rory was telling us about it for a reason.
He wouldn’t have known that we had talked about it before. Yet the fact it was being mentioned again reinforced how key it really is.
I hope that those who say that Twitter is a fad that will die out are wrong. I find it really useful for keeping on top of all the latest developments in the world of journalism, and have even got story ideas from it.
It’s also great for keeping track of blogs from the likes of Nick Robinson and Garry Gibbon – giving me the inside track in the world of Politics.
Rory’s own blog isn’t bad either.
So here’s to Twitter… long may it continue!
