Media Helping Media
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http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/
Media Helping Media provides support for media in transition and post-conflict countries and areas where media is still developing.
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By ensuring that every tweet supports journalists where media freedom is threatened and offers them a voice when they are in trouble.
Yes, it has totally changed the way I can discover and disemminate information. It has also introduced me to fascinating people.
Information, communication, research, interaction, connectivity, tolerance
#mediahelp - for those in trouble, #mediagrow - for those needing training but can't afford it or have been missed
Because I saw it as and exiting, practical and effective way of newsgathering and news dissemination
I tend to search for existing hashtags that best reflect the subject matter of the tweet I am writing to ensure it gets widest reach
Spamming with get rich quick scams.
A colour code showing which tweets are currently having the most impact to help those wanting to retweet.
Anyone who tries to share information that 'had it not been for them the world would never have known' - there are too many to list.
Most, I feel the tweet should make sense standing alone and many who follow me don't have English as their first language.
Drawing attention to a Bangladeshi journalist friend arrested while doing his job and later released following the noise the tweets generated
A week when skiing in the Italian Alps and I don't have access to information and want to make the most of my time on the piste.
Probably Tweetdeck, but I like SplitTweet, Twitalyzer, Twittip, and the new app I have just downloaded to my smartphone
Marketing gurus who send me direct messages trying to sell their get rich quick ideas.
Build up a profile with a link to your blog and with at least 10 tweets or retweets before you begin to follow others.
Add the right hashtags so I can follow and sift more easily
The friends of the bloggers #EdminAdnan prior to, during and after visits to Azerbaijan to train journalists in social networking.
I am probably too serious about my tweeting to spend time looking at funny trends, sorry, not a great help on this one.
Not yet, but my sons give me a hard time.
Not that I know of, I have a fairly good network of contacts developing thanks to Twitter.
The main media development and human rights organisations are getting better, but more need to tweet and follow the right people.
Not sure, I've only answered two and there are 26 left.
I am doing that far less @mediaideas and would like to find a way to merge that account with this account @helpingmedia and let all know.
Finding information in the category of 'had it not been for you the world would never have known"
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