Gettin' some twedit (twitter credit) and showing my tworth (twitter worth)

I didn't expect today to be tough at all. I was going in early to fill in for the dayside assignment editor as I do from time to time. He was going to be back early so quick and easy. Well, with a bunch of fires near Myrtle Beach, everything went topsy turvy. As we sat in the morning meeting the decision was to cover the fires as best we could. Two crews were en route to Myrtle which is nowhere near Winston BUT a lot of people vacation down there. Then we prepared the local coverage. Fire preparedness, families worried about their homes, et cetera.

With my new emphasis on twittering, I suggested we put our nightside reporter near a computer to show the social media impact. There weren't many comments on WXII12.com, but there was a lot of chatter on twitter. It was wonderful as I got to explain little nuances of twitter with the stupid lingo Twitter people made up. I have to admit I made up a few new words to just for fun :) As the resident young guy, I enjoy pushing new social media in a way experienced journalists are not accustomed. Just an interesting change. Social media is growing in importance.


These fires are nasty. Luckily my brother was safe. (By the Myrtle Sun www.thesunnews.com)

On an interesting side note, we got a list of the summer interns. I knew there was one Elon student, as I recommended her. Little did I know that there will be an intern weekends at the desk with me :) Even funnier, she goes to Elon and did some work with Phoenix14News. It's just kind of funny. I am sure they will do some great work!