Transcript of #editorchat 6/17
[21:36:06] WpgGirl: @ahynes1 I guess I’m wondering more about contacting Tweeps about coming forward and being interviewed. Any successes? #editorchat
[21:36:10] lauriemeisel: @netta50 The errors begin as people try to whittle down posts AND credit to 140 characters. #editorchat
[21:36:13] ahynes1: @LisaGemini @Mrs_White How do you rate any pseudonymous source? #editorchat
[21:36:16] shortformernie: What, if you want to reuse a tweet under fair use standards, are you just gonna quote a word or letter? #editorchat
[21:36:18] GLHancock: @milehighfool I only report what I think I know to be true. Otherwise, attribute, attribute, attribute. #editorchat
[21:36:20] mhertz: RT @Mrs_Write: …rating users or tweets (Like how eBay sellers are rated? Wonder how much I’d trust that system.) #editorchat
[21:36:32] KatPowers: @milehighfool Q3? Always note when story still developing. That way you’re transparent and (get the returning page view) #editorchat
[21:36:45] shortformernie: The meal is the person writing the tweet, not the tweet itself. #editorchat
[21:36:54] kgkrost: #editorchat Very closely, recently retired. started Twitter because of the Time article. Net: grassroots is so far ahead of med and gov
[21:36:58] milehighfool: @shortformernie They are, in effect, short-form at its shortest. (Grin.) #editorchat
[21:37:16] dawnriversbaker: @milehighfool With the kind of stuff I cover, I don’t do real-time reporting because breaking news is very, very rare. Sorry! #editorchat
[21:37:37] ksablan: @milehighfool One best practice, call publicly listed number of person whom Twitter user claims to be. #editorchat
[21:37:39] LisaGemini: @ahynes1 Good question about pseudonymous sources. Also, many ppl don’t tweet themselves. Any employee does it. #editorchat
[21:37:46] ksablan: Great chat. Gotta go! #editorchat
[21:38:03] lauriemeisel: @ksablan Excellent question re: source accreditation. Did Twitter envision that it would be a part of “journalism?” #editorchat
[21:38:24] mhertz: @dawnriversbaker Keith Olberman, too, if you consider him news. I was a fan of his back at ESPN. #editorchat
[21:38:29] milehighfool: RT @ksablan: One best practice, call publicly listed number of person whom Twitter user claims to be. (Excellent.) #editorchat
[21:39:00] ahynes1: @WpgGirl I guess I’d ask people with #haro about success in getting Tweeps to come forward and be interviewed #editorchat
[21:39:07] milehighfool: @ksablan Thanks for joining us. #editorchat
[21:39:08] Mrs_Write: @mhertz The eBay system works surprisingly well. People place a high value on their online reputation #editorchat
[21:39:24] ljthornton: RT @shortformernie: The meal is the person writing the tweet, not the tweet itself. #editorchat
[21:39:48] LisaGemini: @Mrs_Write But I’m not sure eBay system would work for the info we have on Twitter. #editorchat
[21:39:56] LydiaBreakfast: @lauriemeisel Did Twitter envision that it would be a part of “journalism?” – I’d wager they had no idea #editorchat
[21:40:09] mhertz: @Mrs_Write Right, but there’s also the possibility of asking friends to rate you, creating software programs to do so, etc. #editorchat
[21:40:16] milehighfool: @shortformernie All the more reason to take the step of verifying. Only then do you get to eat. #editorchat
[21:40:41] lauriemeisel: @Mrs_Write Some do. Then you have the ones who recreate themselves online multiple times a year. #editorchat
[21:40:50] BeckyDMBR: @milehighfool 140 characters? That’s fair use, right? 
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[21:40:53] jennipps: RT @LydiaBreakfast @lauriemeisel Did Twitter envision that it would be a part of “journalism?” – I’d wager they had no idea #editorchat
[21:40:53] TimOBrienNYT: Yep RT @GLHancock @milehighfool I only report what I think I know to be true. Otherwise, attribute, attribute, attribute. #editorchat
[21:41:01] ahynes1: @LisaGemini Most people I run across tweet individually. For organizations or politicals I usually can find their one tweeter #editorchat
[21:41:05] jimnduncan: Is there any journalistic lingo at work in twitter? DS=developing story, AT= attributed to, that sort of thing? #editorchat
