Has opened boundless doors for many college students; as a matter of fact, a writer for the Whit, Emily Kostic took the leap of faith in the whirlpool that is twitter, and has been swimming laps and has been quite the example of what can happen when a South Jersey student utilizes the social network for more than telling us what she had for breakfast. She interviewed via twitter one college student who able to freelance because of her twitter networking.
“Lauren Rabiano, a junior journalism major at California Polytechnic State University goes by “laurenmitchell” on Twitter. She recounted how through the Web site, she met Steve Enders, a former Yahoo! News employee with a start-up in San Francisco called Tonic News. Enders, whose Twitter alias is “senders,” asked her if she could write a guest column about women and sustainability for their site.
“I was able to freelance because of a tweet,” Rabiano said.
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[Story courtesy of The Whit, and Features Editor Emily Kostic, April 15 2009]
Twitter might be a jump into the past because the only thing you see is the option to see tweets, look up tweets, favorite tweets, see who replied or Re-Tweeted your statement, and etc.
It might be the best thing you’ve done in your life. It might be most boring social networking site you’ve been on, but you’d be surprised how many editors are gaining freelancers and employees via twitter.
In other words, just because it’s isn’t tangible, and it’s virtual doesn’t mean it can help your journalism career, as a matter of fact -
Joey Baker, a communications photography and political science student studying at Syracuse University who goes by “joeybaker,” echoed Rabiano’s sentiments.
“There is nowhere but Twitter where I have instant, unparalleled access to the top minds in my industry,” Baker said.
Can’t top that. In fact the Staff Writer was able to write her entire story by searching for journalism students.
