In many of my classes, I require my students to use Twitter. While I hope each of them will come up with their own list of people to follow, here are a few that make up a good starting point:
- @NiemanLab – The Nieman Lab
A great journalism resource from the Nieman Lab at Harvard University - @mediaite – Mediaite
Lots of media news and commentary - @JeremyHL – Dr. Jeremy Lipschultz
Director of the School of Communication at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Lots of interesting links to political, media, and Nebraska news - @jayrosen_nyu – Dr. Jay Rosen
Dr. Rosen will challenge your conventional thinking on journalistic practice and objectivity.
- @brianstelter – Brian Stelter
TV and digital media reporter for CNN - @dcagle – Daryl Cagle
Political cartoonist and curator of Cagle’s Political Cartoonists Index. Be prepared to have your mind expanded on political commentary - @fivethirtyeight – Nate Silver
Nate Silver writes the 538 blog on political and sports analysis. Really sharp, interesting guy. Well-respected across political boundaries. - @ezraklein – Ezra Klein
Blogs on politics, policy and business for new online news source Vox. One of rising stars of commentary based reporting. - @JonathanTurley – Jonathan Turley
One of the top progressive legal bloggers and commentators. - @VolokhC – Eugene Volokh
One of the authors of the Volokh Conspiracy, one of the top conservative legal blogs, hosted at the Washington Post. - @davidfrum – David Frum
Frum was a speechwriter for Bush 43 and takes a sometimes controversial approach to conservatism. - @ralphehanson – Ralph Hanson
That’s me!