Tweet the week: Five interestings tweets for journalists to kick off the week

Ok, so here’s the idea: For as long as I’ve used Twitter, I’ve used the ‘favorite this tweet’ button as a bookmarking tool, honestly intending to return to the favorites list at some point for a browse. That rarely happens.

So I’ve had this idea: Keep on pressing the favorite button and then look at it at the end of the week, taking five of the saved Tweets and listing them here. Hopefully it’ll work for me, and will hopefully be interesting for you too. We’ll see.

1. Proof that journalists are being watch – and why we should take note:

RT @jamesdclarke: Just blogged about @ExpressandStar using #creativecommons photo without attribution: bit.ly/IzrdOY. One for #TAL12?—
Dan Slee (@danslee) April 28, 2012

2. Getting to grips with election maps:

@debjam How I spent my hours doing that election map data: andrewwgstuart.com/2012/04/29/the…—
Andrew Stuart (@AndrewStuart) April 29, 2012

3. Useful tools for journalists doing data:

Every data journalist should have these tools under their belt: bit.ly/J8GiWJ #ddj #data #journalism #tools #ijf12—
DDJ (@ddjournalism) April 25, 2012

4. A reality check on social media?

Social media not necessarily journalism's panacea, news bosses say zite.to/Jx8GUx via @zite—
John Thompson (@johncthompson) April 28, 2012

5. And finally: Dodgy relationships involving newspapers (and nothing to do with Jeremy Hunt!)

Be careful of dodgy relationships: There have been a few embarrassing juxtapositions doing the rounds this week,… bit.ly/IFbCNW—
Peter Sands, SMS (@petersands55) April 29, 2012

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