Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Lisa's Corner: The power of Twitter

By Lisa Goudy

I think it’s safe to say it’s going to take a bit of time before the election buzz dies down.

This municipal election was the first election I have covered in my journalism career and I now have a full understanding of how social media — Twitter in particular — is so useful.

While there was a provincial election when I was interning at the Regina Leader-Post last fall for my University of Regina School of Journalism program, being an intern, I didn’t cover the election; that was up to the full-time staff as it should have been.

Despite stories I’ve heard from journalism friends and colleagues, I was still slightly surprised in a good way at how many people came out to watch the results pour in council chambers at city hall.

All the time, the Times-Herald trio — fellow reporters Justin Crann, Cole Carruthers and I — were busy tweeting away on our Times-Herald official twitter account, @MJTimesHerald, updating it with results from polling stations as they came in.

There is no question that social media has been playing an increasingly important role in politics from all sides. 

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