Almighty Link

Chuck Peters (@cpetersia on Twitter) is the chief executive at The Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. When I asked if it would be wise for news executives to join Twitter, Peters replied that it is an important part of his work. I asked Peters to provide a few reasons why news executives should use Twitter. [...]

Shortly after four police officers were killed in Washington, David Boardman (@dlboardman), the executive editor of The Seattle Times started using Twitter. His account was created 27 days prior to the shooting, and he had tweeted once. After the police slayings, Broadman posted two messages telling people to visit the site. Then, he started really using Twitter. [...]