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How To Maximize Current Events For Social Media

Went Hot: June 26, 2008 - 2:57 am
Posted By: Avinio 374 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.10e20.com)
Category: Social Media

Across virtually every social network site, users scramble to be the first to break a news story. Inevitably, this leads to hundreds of duplicate story submissions and ends with one winner amongst hundreds of losers. But even if you weren’t the Woodward & Bernstein who successfully broke the story, there’s still hope. Remember, the story isn’t over once the news breaks; indeed, in many cases, it’s just beginning.

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from everett 374 days ago #

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Great advice. If you want more examples search for something like "journalism finding the angle" or "journalism finding new angles" on Google. I remember a whole week of Writing for Newspaper classes in J-school dedicated to taking an old story and finding a new angle. They were fun exercises too.