Twitter for newsrooms - useful for government media professionals

If you're not watching the #gov2au hashtag, you might be interested in the latest support information from Twitter - how to use the service effectively for newsrooms.

Twitter for Newsrooms provides information on using Twitter to search for news sources and breaking news, how to tweet effectively and engage an audience, branding, publishing via Twitter and support information.

It contains a range of examples of how media professionals and organisations are using Twitter for news-gathering, filtering and distribution.

I recommend passing on the link to your media people and Ministerial media advisors.