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In our continuing effort to clue our colleagues in to the latest innovations and web-based media gear, I’ve created a Twitter account for the CICM. (blame Jack Lail and Rob Pongsajapan if you must) #

What’s Twitter? Good question, and good luck trying to describe it in a few words. Basically, I’d call it a text-messaging social networking tool. Some news orgs are already getting on board, including the Knoxville News (twitter page). Read more about possible journalistic uses for this tool from Jack Lail (here’s his twitter page). The software really hit big in the tech sphere during this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin. #

If nothing else, Twitter is great at forcing you to condense your prose down to 140 words. And it’s free to use from the web-based interface. #

I plan to experiment with using twitter this weekend during the CICM workshop, where I’ll be teamed with Lail and Lee Clontz showing attendees how to use web-based tools to improve their journalism. Follow the action on our twitter page. Or watch the widget on the right sidebar of this page. #

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