ABA: Covering courts via Twitter

COVERING THE COURTHOUSE WITH TWITTER, VIDEO …

21st Century News

Read all about it…but where?

There were 2,036 U.S. daily newspapers in 1923 There were 1,877 in 1940. 1,422 in 2007

Newspaper revenue is at its lowest points since 1929 Production costs are at all-time high

www.news.com

9.5 percent each for local Yellow Pages and TV, 2.1 percent for radio

40 percent of Americans now say they get most of their national and international news online.

Local newspapers get 26.9 percent of local ad revenue

Trial Twitter

This is what I do

Public reaction

“I now understand the justice system better”

"I'm addicted”

“I found myself checking in a couple of times per day just to read your postings. Due to my schedule, I do not always get to spend time each morning reading the paper and rely on online news during the day.”

“This was yet another great use for 2.0 tools!”

Emerging journalism forms

Videos, audio, slide shows

BlogsJosh Marshall’s Talking Points memo leads coverage of firings of U.S. Attorneys

Link journalismProvides transparency - example

Multimedia

Court coverage in multimedia

Finding the missing girl: audio slide show from testimony, court exhibits

Video blog series “Common Law”

Online lingo

A repeated tweet. Abbreviation: RT

Verb form of Twitter. To tweet

Tweet:

DM

Direct message, sent so only that person can see it.

Retweet

What the hell? “WTH? I didn’t understand that ruling….”

OH

Overheard: “OH in the courthouse elevator…”

LOL

Laughing out loud

OMG

“Oh … my … GOD!

WTH

WTF?