stedavies.com » PR General http://stedavies.com the blog of consultant Stephen Davies Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:09:52 +0000 en hourly 1 48 percent of journalists are using Twitter http://stedavies.com/2010/03/48-percent-of-journalists-are-using-twitter/ http://stedavies.com/2010/03/48-percent-of-journalists-are-using-twitter/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:09:52 +0000 Stephen http://stedavies.com/?p=2715 The 2nd piece of research from Middleberg Communications and the Society for New Communications Research titled, “Media in the Wired World” (pdf). Key points include:

  • Nearly 70 percent of journalists are using social networking sites, a 28% increase since the 2008 study
  • 48 percent are using Twitter or other microblogging sites and tools, a 25% increase since 2008
  • 66 percent are using blogs
  • 48 percent are using online video
  • 25 percent are using podcasts
  • More than 90 percent of journalists agree that new media and communications tools and technologies are enhancing journalism to some extent

Only US journalists surveyed for this I believe. If you are of the UK persuasion check out the most comprehensive Twitter list of UK journalists.

]]> http://stedavies.com/2010/03/48-percent-of-journalists-are-using-twitter/feed/ 2 Corporate Blogging – a dying fad? http://stedavies.com/2010/02/corporate-blogging-a-dying-fad/ http://stedavies.com/2010/02/corporate-blogging-a-dying-fad/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:36:41 +0000 Stephen http://stedavies.com/?p=2696 I’ve just returned from the Communication on Top conference held in Davos, Switzerland and what a great conference it was too with lots of insightful and thought-provoking presentations from communication professionals from around the world. I had a fantastic time and made some new friends along the way. It was also great to share a lift to the airport with keynoter Paul Holmes of the Holmes Report and Sabre Awards. A cracking guy.

Here’s my presentation for anyone that’s interested.

Corporate Blogging A Dying Fad

The view from my hotel room

Davos

]]> http://stedavies.com/2010/02/corporate-blogging-a-dying-fad/feed/ 2 YouTube: the channel of choice for C-level execs http://stedavies.com/2010/02/youtube-the-channel-of-choice-for-c-level-execs/ http://stedavies.com/2010/02/youtube-the-channel-of-choice-for-c-level-execs/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:07:13 +0000 Stephen http://stedavies.com/?p=2676 Something bad happened to your company? Scandal occurring? Negative press from the traditional media outlets? Reputation damage? There’s always YouTube.

YouTube is becoming the communication channel of choice among senior executives during a time of crisis. CEOs, presidents and other important senior staff are using YouTube to go direct to their stakeholders while cutting out the (often negative) traditional media in the process.

The latest example is Toyota Motor Sales President & COO, Jim Lentz (see below) who is using YouTube to communicate with customers regarding the recent news of the the sticking pedals.

But Mr Lentz is not the first as you will see below.

Toyota Motor Sales President & COO, Jim Lentz

Founder and CEO of jetBlue Airways, David Neeleman. (No longer CEO)

After jetBlue customers suffered terrible conditions and waiting times at JFK Airport which was subsequently documented in the press, Neeleman used YouTube to make a public apology and to outline what the company intended to do.

President of Domino’s, Patrick Doyle

Basically: Two Domino’s Pizza staff uploaded a video to YouTube of themselves doing disgusting things to the fast food chain’s food. The video spread like wildfire and negative press ensued which caused president of Domino’s, Patrick Doyle, to upload his own video to YouTube to alert customers and other interested parties on the company’s reaction to the video and the steps it had taken.

CEO of Mattel, Bob Eckert

Mattel had to recall over 1 million Chinese-made toys because of potential hazards from parts of the toys which were colored using lead-based paint. It was found that the amount of lead in the paint exceeded US government limits. Bob Eckert looked to quash worries by posting this YouTube clip.

Notice one thing? They’re all American. Having spoke with many UK (and European) PR execs over the years about deploying such tactics I’ve found that the majority of PR people don’t think it would work as well in their respective countries. Personally, I think it depends.

]]> http://stedavies.com/2010/02/youtube-the-channel-of-choice-for-c-level-execs/feed/ 5 An Inconvenient PR Truth – time to end PR pollution http://stedavies.com/2010/01/an-inconvenient-pr-truth-time-to-end-pr-pollution/ http://stedavies.com/2010/01/an-inconvenient-pr-truth-time-to-end-pr-pollution/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:16:36 +0000 Stephen http://stedavies.com/?p=2655 www.inconvenientprtruth.com
  • 1.7 billion irrelevant press release emails estimated to be received in total each year by UK and US Journalists alone
  • 78% of press release emails are received by Recipients to whom they are irrelevant
  • 55% of Recipients have taken action to block a sender of news

Disclosure: RealWire is a client and I was involved in this campaign

]]> http://stedavies.com/2010/01/an-inconvenient-pr-truth-time-to-end-pr-pollution/feed/ 14 I too have Social Media sweats http://stedavies.com/2010/01/i-too-have-social-media-sweats/ http://stedavies.com/2010/01/i-too-have-social-media-sweats/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:02:34 +0000 Stephen http://stedavies.com/?p=2630 Tom Murphy, Irish guy who does PR for Microsoft in the States and one of the first people I met through social media*, nails it with his latest blog post.

I think I am having Social Media sweats. There are just so many articles, posts, rants and links. Now don’t get me wrong it’s great that people are sharing their views, and opinions and, in a very small number of cases even their experiences.

But really… there are only so many Social Media Top 10s, 10 things to avoid, 10 brands that…. you know… enough already.

* It was called ‘blogging’ at the time

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]]> http://stedavies.com/2009/12/communication-on-top-davos-switzerland-8-9-feb/feed/ 0 Facebook flaw? (look away now) http://stedavies.com/2009/11/facebook-flaw-look-away-now/ http://stedavies.com/2009/11/facebook-flaw-look-away-now/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:56:22 +0000 Stephen http://www.prblogger.com/?p=2286 Facebook has a really bad flaw. It’s so bad it could break up marriages and relationships. It’s not exactly a flaw of Facebook’s to be honest; it’s more of an application flaw but ultimately the fault lies with Facebook.

There’s a Facebook application called Zoosk, which is essentially a dating site within Facebook. You add the application to your profile, upload some nice pics of yourself and before you know it you’re cyber-flirting and have the ability to email other users of the application. Easy eh? And free too. If you don’t mind using Facebook as a dating tool, that is.

Zoosk flaw

Like all Facebook applications, before you add it you can see which of your friends are currently using it. And this is where it gets a bit iffy and doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand the point I’m trying to make.

Before you make any presumptions, however, bear in mind that people get invited to add applications from their friends all the time without paying any attention to them whatsoever. They never use them or look at them again. They just simply added it because they received a request from their friend.

But, still, if this is the case, Facebook should warn people about the application they’re about to install. I can’t imagine it being too pleasant seeing your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/whomever listed as a ‘friend’ using it.

Ouch!

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Basic, but at the same time quite handy.

Needless to say, the Twitter community has been creating lists like there’s no tomorrow. There’s also a new site called Listoria which showcases the best Twitter lists (apparently, it seems US-centric to me) and where you can submit your own.

Given that on Wednesday I published a blog post which essentially is a list of UK journalists on Twitter it seemed apt to add it use it to create a Twitter List. You can find the UK journalists Twitter List here.

I considered creating individual lists for, say, broadsheet journos, tabloid journos and the like. Thing is, though, people move around and switch jobs so it would quickly go out of date. It would be easy to create a list for individual publications too; such as a Guardian List, Times List, Telegraph List, Sun List and so on but, again, people move around and the publications themselves should own those lists to keep it accurate.

]]> http://stedavies.com/2009/10/uk-journos-now-on-twitter-list/feed/ 0 UK journalists on Twitter Update http://stedavies.com/2009/10/uk-journalists-on-twitter-update/ http://stedavies.com/2009/10/uk-journalists-on-twitter-update/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:04:36 +0000 Stephen http://www.prblogger.com/?p=2144 20090925_follow-me-twitter-icon22

About a year ago I carried out a piece of research that looked at UK journalists using Twitter which was positively received from both PRs and journos. In fact, I’m going to stick my neck out and say it probably helped a couple of people in our respective industries establish relationships with one another over on Twitter. I know it helped me.

With this in mind, and because everyone likes a list, I’ve created this follow up post almost one year on. By no means is it exhaustive and it’s very likely I have missed some people out (I mean, really, it’d be quite difficult to find every UK journo given Twitter’s so mainstream these days).

Before you start here’s a short Q&A:

Q: How come I’m not included in the list?

A: Sorry, the research was done manually and I am only human. Send me an email, leave a comment or ping me an @reply on Twitter itself and I’ll happily add you.

Q: Why have you included me in the list? I don’t want to be, thank you very much.

A: Sorry, my bad, but all this is publicly available. Send me an email, leave a comment or ping me an @reply on Twitter itself and I’ll happily remove you.

Q: Why am I in the ‘Other’ section?

A: Simply because you are the only person on Twitter that works at your publication (or that I could find).

Q: You idiot, I left Acme News Journal six months ago! Why am I still down as working there?

A: Sorry! I did check, but it was late and I was tired. Let me know and I’ll change it.

Q: Anything changed since the last time?

A: Aside from an increase in numbers which, given Twitter’s growth and exposure this past year is obvious anyway, I suppose the most noticeable thing is the uptake of tabloid journalists using it. Last year there were none.

Q: Woohoo! I’m a PR person and now I can start following all these journos and push out spammy tweets about my clients to them!

A: Er, no you can’t. Read this blog post first to see how some journos feel about being approached on Twitter. If you do you’re an idiot and the other 99.9% of the UK PR industry that practice good Twitter etiquette will laugh at you when you’re outed.

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BBC

Tom van Aardt – http://twitter.com/tomVS
Richard Sambrook – http://twitter.com/sambrook
Tania Teixeira – http://twitter.com/taniateix
Jon Fildes – http://twitter.com/jonfildes
Declan Curry – http://twitter.com/declancurry
Dave Lee – http://twitter.com/davelee
Rory Cellan-Jones – http://twitter.com/ruskin147
Gill Penlington – http://twitter.com/GillPenlington (Question Time)
Paul Mason – http://twitter.com/paulmasonnews (Newsnight)
John Pienaar – http://twitter.com/JPonpolitics (5 Live)
Laura Kuenssberg – http://twitter.com/BBCLauraK
Peter Henley – http://twitter.com/Peter_Henley#
Joe Lynam – http://twitter.com/jblynam
Peter Cardwell – http://twitter.com/petercardwell (The Stephen Nolen Show)
Johnny Minkley – http://twitter.com/johnnyminkley
Connor McNicholas – http://twitter.com/ConorMcNicholas (Top Gear magazine)
Tim Reid – http://twitter.com/TimReidBBC
Raymond Snoddy – http://twitter.com/RaymondSnoddy
Paul Addison – http://twitter.com/pauladdo
Cornelius Lysaght – http://twitter.com/CorneliusRacing
Anna Adams – http://twitter.com/annaadamsBBC
Johnny Morris – http://twitter.com/mojo90
Mario Cacciottolo – http://twitter.com/SOTMario

Birmingham Post

Marc Reeves – http://twitter.com/marcreeves
Richard Padgett – http://twitter.com/richardpadgett
Mike Hughes – http://twitter.com/mikehughes
Tom Scotney – http://twitter.com/TomScotney
Andy Walker - http://twitter.com/andywalker82
Jonathan Walker – http://twitter.com/jonwalker121

Channel 4 News

Garry Gibbon – http://twitter.com/GaryGibbonBlog
Oliver King – http://twitter.com/oliverjamesking
Benjamin Cohen – http://twitter.com/benjamincohen
Cathy Newman – http://twitter.com/cathynewman
Alex Thomson – http://twitter.com/alextomo
Ben King – http://twitter.com/kumquatkid
Krishnan Guru-Murthy – http://twitter.com/krishgm
Ed Fraser – http://twitter.com/frasere

Company Magazine

Kirsty Hathaway – http://twitter.com/kirstyhathaway
Tracy Ramsden – http://twitter.com/Tracy_Ramsden

Computerworld UK

Mike Simons – http://twitter.com/ITjournalist
Siobhan Chapman – http://twitter.com/SiobhanBon

Computing

Bryan Glick – http://twitter.com/bryanglick
Angelica Mari – http://twitter.com/angelicamari
Mark Hillary – http://twitter.com/markhillary

Cosmopolitan

Rosie Mullender – http://twitter.com/mullies
Clare Smith – http://twitter.com/claresmith84
Natasha Guitto – http://twitter.com/natashaguiotto
Bridget March – http://twitter.com/bridgetmarch
Kate Creasey – http://twitter.com/katecreasey
Fiona Cowood – http://twitter.com/deskface
Lizzi Hosking – http://twitter.com/lizzihosking
Jacqui Meddings – http://twitter.com/j_meddler

Daily Express

Gabriel Milland – http://twitter.com/gabrielmilland
Paul Vale – http://twitter.com/PaulVale
Richard Palmer – http://twitter.com/RoyalReporter

Daily Mail & Mail on Sunday

Kirsty Walker – http://twitter.com/kirstywalker1
James Chapman – http://twitter.com/jameschappers
Suzanne Moore – http://twitter.com/suzannemoore197
Daniel Martin – http://twitter.com/MCLegolas

Daily Star

Nigel Pauley – http://twitter.com/nigelpauley
Mick Booker – http://twitter.com/MickBooker
Mike Ward – http://twitter.com/mikewardtv
Susan Hill – http://twitter.com/SuseHill
Mick Booker – http://twitter.com/MickBooker
Gemma Wheatley – http://twitter.com/GemmaWheatley
Neil Chandler – http://twitter.com/neilchandler

Digital Arts

Alice Ross – http://twitter.com/almostidealist
Neil Bennett – http://twitter.com/neilbennett

Engadget

Vlad Savov – http://twitter.com/vladsavov
Richard Lai – http://twitter.com/richardlai

E-consultancy

Chris Lake – http://twitter.com/lakey
Linus Gregoriadis – http://twitter.com/linusgreg
Graham Charlton – http://twitter.com/gcharlton
Patricio Robles – http://twitter.com/probles

ELLE

Lorraine Candy – http://twitter.com/lorraineELLE
Laura Davies – http://twitter.com/lauradavies

Financial Times

Tim Bradshaw – http://twitter.com/tim
Chris Nuttall – http://twitter.com/ftchris
Peter Whitehead – http://twitter.com/peterwhitehead
Richard Waters – http://twitter.com/richardwaters
Kate Mackenzie – http://twitter.com/kmac
Gideon Rachman – http://twitter.com/gideonrachman
Stefan stern – http://twitter.com/stefanstern
Ben Fenton – http://twitter.com/benfenton

Handbag

Debbie Djordjevic – http://twitter.com/scaredcrows
Anheke Hak – http://twitter.com/AnnekeHak

ITV News

Lucy Manning – http://twitter.com/lucymanning
Alex Forrest – http://twitter.com/alexforrestitv
Daisy McAndrew – http://twitter.com/daisymcandrew
Toby Castle – http://twitter.com/tobycastle

Journalism.co.uk

J Townend – http://twitter.com/JTownend
Laura Oliver – http://twitter.com/LauraOliver

Loaded

Andy Sherwood – http://twitter.com/AndySherwood
Jeff Maysh – http://twitter.com/jeffmaysh
Andrew Woods – http://twitter.com/woodsyloaded

London Evening Standard

Paul Waugh – http://twitter.com/paulwaugh
Mark Prigg – http://twitter.com/markprigg
Henry Hitchings – http://twitter.com/henryhitchings
Sri Carmichael – http://twitter.com/sricarmichael
Danny Brierley – http://twitter.com/dannybananas
Ellen Widdup – http://twitter.com/EllenWiddup

Macworld

Mark Hattersley – http://twitter.com/markhattersley
Karen Haslam – http://twitter.com/kazzzee

Management Today

Matthew Gwyther – http://twitter.com/MatthewGwyther
Hannah Prevett – http://twitter.com/hannahprevett

Marketing

Lucy Barratt – http://twitter.com/marketingeditor
Richard Abbott – http://twitter.com/RichardAbbott

MSN UK

Peter Bale http://twitter.com/PeterBale
Katie King http://twitter.com/ktking
Jane Douglas http://twitter.com/msntechjane
Nik Taylor http://twitter.com/msntechnik
Monica Stylli http://twitter.com/msnstylemonica
Matt Ball – http://twitter.com/thisismattball
Colleen Last – http://twitter.com/colleen_msnuk
Paul Carn – http://twitter.com/paulcarm
Matt Farrington-Smith – http://twitter.com/winlivematt
Mike Lok – http://twitter.com/theordinarychef
Ellen Godwin – http://twitter.com/holyellen
Alastair Bruce – http://twitter.com/ajbruce
Ian Dickson – http://twitter.com/the_roadtester
Steve Wilson-Beales – http://twitter.com/stevewb
Ed Holden – http://twitter.com/ed_holden_msnuk
Nigel Swan – http://twitter.com/motoringnut
Peter Bell – http://twitter.com/peterbel
Lorna Cooper – http://twitter.com/Coops_msntv
James Hurley – http://twitter.com/jameshurley
Nic O’Neil – http://twitter.com/niconeil
Nicola Gibbons – http://twitter.com/nicolagibbons
Antony Bennison – http://twitter.com/antonybennison
Ian Jones – http://twitter.com/msnuknewsian
Andy Young – http://twitter.com/msnuknewsandy
Timothy Poulton – http://twitter.com/timpoulton
Laura Simpson – http://twitter.com/simpo
Thom Gulseven – http://twitter.com/thomgulseven
James Andrews – http://twitter.com/MSNMoneyJames
Damian Clarkson – http://twitter.com/msnmoneydamian
James Draven – http://twitter.com/jamesdraven

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

Lee Ryder – http://twitter.com/lee_ryder
Ronnie Gill – http://twitter.com/Ronnie_Gill
Colin George – http://twitter.com/Colbear
Tom Mullen – http://twitter.com/thomasamullen

News of the World

Sophy Ridge – http://twitter.com/sophyridge
Simon Ward – http://twitter.com/simonjward
Robbie Collin – http://twitter.com/robbiereviews
Dan Wootton – http://twitter.com/danwootton
Paul McCarthy – http://twitter.com/maccahammer

NMA

Justin Pearse – http://twitter.com/justinpearse
Will Cooper – http://twitter.com/willcooper
Charlotte McElny – http://twitter.com/charlottemc
Alex Farber – http://twitter.com/alexfarber
Suzanne Bearne – http://twitter.com/suzannebearne
Vikki Chowney – http://twitter.com/vikkichowney (Reputation Online)

NME

Jamie Fullerton – http://twitter.com/jamiefullerton1
David Moynihan – http://twitter.com/DavidMoynihan
Ben Cardew – http://twitter.com/BenCardew
Claire Curran – http://twitter.com/Claire1982
Lyndsey Parker – http://twitter.com/lyndseyparker
Katie Torrie – http://twitter.com/TheTorrie
Luke Lewis – http://twitter.com/lukelewis

Official PlayStation

Tim Clark – http://twitter.com/timothydclark
Ben Wilson – http://twitter.com/BenjiWilson
Leon Hurley – http://twitter.com/leonHurley
Nathan Ditum – http://twitter.com/NathanDitum
Rachel Penny – http://twitter.com/cupcake_rachel

PC Advisor

Simon Jary – http://twitter.com/simonjary
Paul Trotter – http://twitter.com/paultrotter
Matt Egan – http://twitter.com/MattJEgan
Rosemary Hattersley – http://twitter.com/RosieHattersley
David Price – http://twitter.com/pricivius
Carrie-Ann Skinner – http://twitter.com/CarrieSkinner

Pocket Lint

Duncan Geere – http://twitter.com/radioedit
Stuart Miles – http://twitter.com/stuartmiles
Chris Hall – http://twitter.com/christhall
Dan Sung – http://twitter.com/dansung

PR Week

Peter Hay – http://twitter.com/peterhay
Danny Rogers – http://twitter.com/dannyrogers2001
David Singleton – http://twitter.com/david_singleton
Sarah Baldwin – http://twitter.com/sarahbaldwin (Art director)
Kate Magee – http://twitter.com/katemagee
Gemma O’Reilly – http://twitter.com/gemmaoreilly
Matt Cartmell – http://twitter.com/mattcartmell
Alec Mattinson – http://twitter.com/alecmattinson
Cathy Wallace – http://twitter.com/cathywallace
Arun Sudhaman – http://twitter.com/arunsudhaman

Retail Week

George MacDonald – http://twitter.com/GeorgeMacD
Martin Stabe – http://twitter.com/martinstabe

Revolution Magazine

Gareth Jones – http://twitter.com/gj
Andrew McCormick – http://twitter.com/andrewmccormick

Reuters

Mark Jones – http://twitter.com/markjones
Richard Baum – http://twitter.com/rbaum

Sky News

Jessica Wilson – http://twitter.com/NewsDeskGirl
Mark Kleinman – http://twitter.com/MarkKleinman
Tom Rayner – http://twitter.com/Tom_Rayner
Cheryl Smith – http://twitter.com/cherylsmith
Miranda Richardson – http://twitter.com/mirandasky
Niall Paterson – http://twitter.com/niallpaterson
Adam Boulton – http://twitter.com/adamboulton
Tim Gatt – http://twitter.com/TimGatt
Jon Gripton – http://twitter.com/JonGrip
Martin Stanford – http://twitter.com/martinstanford
Zoe Usherwood – http://twitter.com/zoeush
Ruth Barnett – http://twitter.com/RuthBarnett
Joe Braidwood – http://twitter.com/joebraidwood
Andy Burton – http://twitter.com/footballandy

Stuff Magazine

Will Findlater – http://twitter.com/willfindlater
Tom Dunmore – http://twitter.com/tomdunmorestuff
Zara Rabinowicz – http://twitter.com/AlmostZara
Fraser MacDonald – http://twitter.com/FraserMacStuff
Mark Wilson – http://twitter.com/markydwilson

Tech Radar

James Rivington – http://twitter.com/rungsberry
Patrick Goss – http://twitter.com/patrickgoss
Paul Douglas – http://twitter.com/pdouglas
Gareth Beavis – http://twitter.com/superbeav
Mark Chacksfield – http://twitter.com/mchax
Dan Grabham – http://twitter.com/dangrabham

The Catholic Herald

Luke Coppen – http://twitter.com/lukecoppen
Anna Arco – http://twitter.com/annaarco

The Daily Record

Iain Hepburn – http://twitter.com/iainmhepburn
Beverley Lyons – http://twitter.com/bevlyons
Iain Pope – http://twitter.com/iainpope73
Alasdair Baird – http://twitter.com/alasdairbaird
John McKie – http://twitter.com/johnmckie
Lindsay Cochrane – http://twitter.com/teentalklindsay
Shari Low – http://twitter.com/sharilow

The Economist

Robert Butler – http://twitter.com/ashdenizen
Martin Schoessler – http://twitter.com/MrSchoessler

The Guardian

Charles Arthur – http://twitter.com/charlesarthur
Jack Schofield – http://twitter.com/jackschofield
Dave Hill – http://twitter.com/DaveHill
Stephen Brook – http://twitter.com/SDBrook
Bobbie Johnson – http://twitter.com/bobbiejohnson
Kevin Anderson – http://twitter.com/kevglobal
Jemima Kiss - http://twitter.com/jemimakiss
Kate Bevan - http://twitter.com/katebevan
James Anthony – http://twitter.com/jimboeth
Sarah Hartley – http://twitter.com/foodiesarah
Andrew Sparrow – http://twitter.com/AndrewSparrow
Roy Greenslade – http://twitter.com/GreensladeR
Hélène Mulholland – http://twitter.com/lnmulholland
Jessica Shepherd – http://twitter.com/jessshepherd1
Jonathan Freedland – http://twitter.com/j_freedland
Tania Branigan – http://twitter.com/taniabranigan
Tony Levene – http://twitter.com/tonylevene1
Deborah Hargreaves – http://twitter.com/deborahharg
Patrick Collinson – http://twitter.com/pcollinson
Pat Devereaux – http://twitter.com/patdevereaux
Jill Insley – http://twitter.com/Basilhouse
Hilary Osborne – http://twitter.com/hilaryosborne
Alan Rusbridger – http://twitter.com/arusbridger
Michael White – http://twitter.com/MichaelWhite
Martin Kettle – http://twitter.com/martinkettle
Will Woodward – http://twitter.com/w_woodward
Julian Glover – http://twitter.com/julian_glover
Nicholas Watt – http://twitter.com/nicholaswatt
Allegra Stratton – http://twitter.com/allegrastratton
Jane Perrone – http://twitter.com/janeperrone
Michelle Pauli – http://twitter.com/michellepauli

The Independent

Michael Savage – http://twitter.com/michaelsavage
Jane Merrick – http://twitter.com/janemerrick23
Guy Adams – http://twitter.com/guyadams
Simon Read – http://twitter.com/simonnread
Johann Hari – http://twitter.com/johannhari101
John Rentoul – http://twitter.com/johnrentoul
Amol Rajan – http://twitter.com/amolrajan
Jack Riley – http://twitter.com/_JackRiley

The Mirror

James Lyons – http://twitter.com/MirrorJames
Kevin Maguire – http://twitter.com/Kevin_Maguire
Vincent Moss – http://twitter.com/vincentmoss
Jon Kaila – http://twitter.com/jonkaila
Simon Bird – http://twitter.com/simonbirdmirror
John Cross – http://twitter.com/johncrossmirror
Ann Gripper – http://twitter.com/anngripper
Cecile Metcalf – http://twitter.com/Cecile_Metcalf
Tom Bryant – http://twitter.com/MirrorTom

The Northern Echo

Paul Fraser – http://twitter.com/paulfraserecho
Scott Wilson – http://twitter.com/Scottwilsonecho
Peter Barron – http://twitter.com/EchoPeterBarron
Paul Cook – http://twitter.com/PaulCookEcho

The Observer

Gaby Hinsliff – http://twitter.com/gabyhinsliff
Lisa Bachelor – http://twitter.com/lisabachelor
Henry McDonald – http://twitter.com/henry_mcdonald
Tim Atkin – http://twitter.com/Timatkin

The Scotsman

Gerri Peev – http://twitter.com/GerriPeev
David Maddox – http://twitter.com/DavidPBMaddox

The Sun

David Wooding – http://twitter.com/DavidWooding
Mark Gilbert – http://twitter.com/Gilberto82
Steve Brenner – http://twitter.com/Stevebrenner1
Jim Munro – http://twitter.com/JimMunro
Andrew Haigh -http://twitter.com/AndrewHaigh
Mark Clews – http://twitter.com/markclews
Jen Blackburn – http://twitter.com/Jen_Blackburn
Jonathan Weinberg – http://twitter.com/jw_ten14
Lisa Minot – http://twitter.com/lisaminot
Charlie Wyett – http://twitter.com/CharlieWyett
Toni Jones – http://twitter.com/tonilouisejones

The Telegraph

Marcus Warren - http://twitter.com/MarcusWa
Ian Douglas – http://twitter.com/IanDouglas
Shane Richmond – http://twitter.com/shanerichmond
Justin Williams - http://twitter.com/justin_williams
Catherine Gee – http://twitter.com/catherinegee
Claudine Beaumont – http://twitter.com/claudineb
Heidi Blake – http://twitter.com/HeidiBlake
Benedict Brogan – http://twitter.com/benedictbrogan
Bryony Gordon – http://twitter.com/bryony_gordon
Jon Swaine – http://twitter.com/jonswaine
Henry Wallop – http://twitter.com/hwallop
Martin Beckford – http://twitter.com/martinbeckford
James Kirkup – http://twitter.com/jameskirkup
Rupert Neate – http://twitter.com/RupertNeate
James Hall – http://twitter.com/JamesFHall
Myra Butterworth – http://twitter.com/MyraButterworth
Edmond Conway – http://twitter.com/edmundo
William Lewis – http://twitter.com/WilliamLewis
Damian Thompson – http://twitter.com/holysmoke
Alex Singleton – http://twitter.com/alexsingletonuk
Henry Winter – http://twitter.com/henrywinter
Toby Harnden – http://twitter.com/tobyharnden
Kate Day – http://twitter.com/kate_day
Neil Midgley – http://twitter.com/neilmidgley
Gervase de Wilde – http://twitter.com/gervasedewilde
Tom Chivers – http://twitter.com/TomChivers
Matthew Moore – http://twitter.com/mattkmoore
Urmee Khan – http://twitter.com/urmeek
Emma Barnett – http://twitter.com/Emmabarnett
Malcolm Moore – http://twitter.com/MalcolmMoore
Lucy Jones – http://twitter.com/lucyjones
Emma Firth – http://twitter.com/EmmaFirth

The Times

Michael Moran – http://twitter.com/blockbusterbuzz
Joanna Geary – http://twitter.com/timesjoanna
Ruth Gledhill – http://twitter.com/RuthieGledhill
Sam Coates – http://twitter.com/theredbox
Daniel Finkelstein – http://twitter.com/Dannythefink
George Caulkin – http://twitter.com/CaulkinTheTimes
India Knight – http://twitter.com/indiaknight
Hugo Rifkind – http://twitter.com/HugoRifkind
Nic Fildes – http://twitter.com/LovesickHank
Lucia Adams – http://twitter.com/luciatimes

The Times Educational Supplement

Ed Dorrell – http://twitter.com/Ed_Dorrell
Ann Mroz – http://twitter.com/annmroz
Phil Baty & Sarah Cunnane – http://twitter.com/timeshighered

Worcester News

Murray Keslo – http://twitter.com/murraykelsoWN
Kevin Ward – http://twitter.com/kevinwardWN

Freelance

Anne Wollenberg – http://twitter.com/awollenberg
Sally Whittle – http://twitter.com/swhittle
Louise Bolotin – http://twitter.com/louisebolotin
Chris Edwards – http://twitter.com/chrised
Mike Hills – http://twitter.com/mikewhills
Roz Tappenden – http://twitter.com/roztappenden
Emma Williams – http://twitter.com/emmawilliams
Kelly Rose – http://twitter.com/kellyrose
Lesley Smith – http://twitter.com/LesleySmith
Donald Strachan – http://twitter.com/hackneye
Gina Davies – http://twitter.com/ginadav
Siobhan O’Neill – http://twitter.com/SiobhanONeill
Michael Cross – http://twitter.com/michaelcross
Scott Colvey – http://twitter.com/scolvey
Paul Carr – http://twitter.com/paulcarr
Diane Shipley – http://twitter.com/whatdoyoudo
Neil Baker – http://twitter.com/neilbaker
Guy Clapperton – http://twitter.com/GuyClapperton
Bill Thompson – http://twitter.com/billt
Paul Bradshaw – http://twitter.com/paulbradshaw
Simon Bisson – http://twitter.com/sbisson
Danny Bradbury – http://twitter.com/dannybradbury
Tim Anderson – http://twitter.com/timanderson
Mark Dye – http://twitter.com/markjdye
Simon Crisp – http://twitter.com/simoncrisp
Dominique Jackson – http://twitter.com/deejackson
Sarah Ewing – http://twitter.com/SarahEwing
Cath Elliott – http://twitter.com/CathElliott
Christina McDermott – http://twitter.com/MissCay
Azeem Ahmad – http://twitter.com/Azeem_A
Jono Russell – http://twitter.com/Jono
Oliver Shah – http://twitter.com/olivershah
Harriet Meyer – http://twitter.com/Harriet_Meyer
Sue Hayward – http://twitter.com/suehaywardmedia
Jonathan Weinberg – http://twitter.com/JW_Ten14
Emma Lunn – http://twitter.com/emmalunn
Louise Ridley – http://twitter.com/LouiseRidley
Cathryn Scott – http://twitter.com/cathrynscott
Sarah Drew Jones – http://twitter.com/sdj19
Jo Wildman – http://twitter.com/jowildman
Jonathan Watson – http://twitter.com/jwatson1
Christian Dunn – http://twitter.com/christiandunn
Monty Munford – http://twitter.com/montymunford
Eve Menezes Cunningham – http://twitter.com/AppleEve
Jonathan Beenet – http://twitter.com/jonobennett
Jo Caird – http://twitter.com/JoCaird
Ian Wylie – http://twitter.com/ianwylie
Nick Reeve – http://twitter.com/nick_reeve
Rach Porter – http://twitter.com/RachPorter
James Ellis – http://twitter.com/worldofjames
Simon Munk – http://twitter.com/psimonk
Claire Coleman – http://twitter.com/featuresjourno
Andrew Mueller – http://twitter.com/andrew_mueller
Jtwentyman – http://twitter.com/jtwentyman
Sue Llewellyn – http://twitter.com/suellewellyn
Peter Walker – http://twitter.com/pegerteg
Glen le Santo – http://twitter.com/lesanto
Ingrid Lunden – http://twitter.com/ingridlunden
Johanna Payton – http://twitter.com/jopayton
Rosie Niven – http://twitter.com/rosieniven
Karl Hodge – http://twitter.com/karlhodge
Gary Marshall – http://twitter.com/garymarshall
Craig Grannell – http://twitter.com/craiggrannell
Ian Betteridge – http://twitter.com/ianbetteridge
Chie Elliott – http://twitter.com/OrangeBlossomer
Judy Johnson – http://twitter.com/judy_jay
Rick Haden – http://twitter.com/rickhaden
Jayne Howarth – http://twitter.com/Jaynehowarth
Ailbhe Malone – http://twitter.com/ailbhetross
Katherine Hassell – http://twitter.com/kt34
Neil Barraclough – http://twitter.com/neilbarraclough
Emma McNeil – http://twitter.com/emmamcneil
Cathy Winston – http://twitter.com/cathywinston
Alexandra Pullin – http://twitter.com/alexandrapullin
Alex Blyth – http://twitter.com/alexblyth
Ben H Murray – http://twitter.com/benhmurray
Ellie O’Mahoney – http://twitter.com/ellieomahoney

Other

Paul Cockerton – http://twitter.com/paulcockerton (Lancashire Telegraph)
Jo Wadsworth – http://twitter.com/jowadsworth (Brighton Argus)
Chris Henwood – http://twitter.com/chris_henwood – (Birmingham Mail)
Sam Shepherd – http://twitter.com/SamShepherd (Bournemouth Daily Echo)
Alan Burkitt-Grey – http://twitter.com/alanburkittgray (Global Telecoms Business)
Mark Ogier – http://twitter.com/MarkOgier (Guernsey Press)
Charlie Elise – http://twitter.com/charlie_elise (HRzone.co.uk)
Katherine Hannaford – http://twitter.com/clashcityrocker (T3)
Andrew Lim – http://twitter.com/andylim (recombu.com)
Rachel Wilson – http://twitter.com/rachaelwilson (Environmental News Online)
Patrick Smith – http://twitter.com/psmith (paidcontent)
Alison Gow – http://twitter.com/alisongow (Liverpool Daily Post)
George Hopkin – http://twitter.com/GeorgeHopkin (Johnston Press Plc)
Steve O’Hear – http://twitter.com/sohear (last100.com)
Jack Marshall – http://twitter.com/JackMarshall (ClickZ.com)
David Woodward – http://twitter.com/davidjwoodward (Director Magazine)
Neil McIntosh - http://twitter.com/nmcintosh (Wall Street Journal, Europe)
Tomos Livingstone – http://twitter.com/TomosL (Western Mail)
Matt Chorley – http://twitter.com/MattChorley (Western Morning News)
Sally Gainsbury – http://twitter.com/sallygainsbury (Health Service Journal & Nursing Times)
Torcuil Crichton – http://twitter.com/Torcuil (The Herald)
Roger Highfield – http://twitter.com/RogerHighfield (New Scientist)
David Stringer – http://twitter.com/David_Stringer (Associated Press)
Nigel Nelson – http://twitter.com/NigelNelson (The People)
Emma Donnan – http://twitter.com/emmadonnan (Star Magazine)
Pete Hoskin – http://twitter.com/pete_hoskin (The Spectator)
Victoria Garofabulous – http://twitter.com/Garofabulous (ZOO magazine)
Boyd Hilton – http://twitter.com/boydhilton (Heat)
Tom Warren – http://twitter.com/tom_warren (Neowin.net)
Dan Raywood – http://twitter.com/DanRaywood (SC Magazine)
Mike Shaw – http://twitter.com/mikeshaw101 (The Void)
Warren Chrismas – http://twitter.com/warrenchrismas (Yahoo)
Sparky – http://twitter.com/sparky000 (Real Business)
Gordon MacMillan – http://twitter.com/GordonMacMillan (Brand Media)
Chas Hallett – http://twitter.com/chashallett (Autocar)
Steve Fowler – http://twitter.com/SteveFowler (What Car?)
Clare Newsome – http://twitter.com/ClareNewsome
Jon Noble – http://twitter.com/noblef1 (Autospoort)
James Roberts – http://twitter.com/JRobertsF1 (F1 Racing)
Gary Parkingson – http://twitter.com/GaryParkinsonexclusively (FourFourTwo)
David Quainton - http://twitter.com/Davidlost (Event magazine)
Sarah Booker – http://twitter.com/Sarah_Booker (Worthing Herald and Chichester Observer)
Lee Hall – http://twitter.com/LeeHallTweets (Sunderland Echo)
Tom Pegg http://twitter.com/tomatthechad (Mansfield Chad)
Richard Kendall – http://twitter.com/richardkendall (Peterborough Evening Telegraph)
Richard Aucock – http://twitter.com/richardaucock (Motoring Research Ltd)
Phil Cox – http://twitter.com/WhatBoat (What Boat?)
Richard Cobbett – http://twitter.com/richardcobbett (PC Plus)
Linda Fox – http://twitter.com/Foxychops (Traveloution)
Nathan Midgley – http://twitter.com/twblog (Travel Weekly)
Kevin May – http://twitter.com/Kevinlukemay (Tnooz)
Lucy Huxley – http://twitter.com/lucy_huxley (Travel Trade Gazette)
Davey Winder – http://twitter.com/happygeek – (PC Pro)
Annica Wainright – http://twitter.com/squaremealvande (Square Meal)
Helen Barrett – http://twitter.com/helenbarrett (Third Sector)
Daisy Greenwell – http://twitter.com/daisygreenwell (Big Issue)
James Mills – http://twitter.com/jasonmillsitv (ITV News at Ten)
Naiomi Madden – http://twitter.com/Naiomi (The Welwyn and Hatfield Times)
David MacLean – http://twitter.com/davidmaclean (Shields Gazette)
Julie Martin – http://twitter.com/jules_27 (Middlesbrough Evening Gazette)
Victoria Raimes – http://twitter.com/victoriaraimes (Edinburgh Evening News)

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From the announcement:

“The Twitter fringe, or ‘Twinge’, is set to change the traditional fringe meeting format using Twitter, the microblogging network, to widen the audience so that people outside the meeting, from all over the world, can also participate in the discussion.

“Panellists at the event, chaired by Channel 4 News anchor, Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be able to respond to questions and comments tweeted onto a Twitterwall at the event by Twitter users as well as those posed by the audience in the room.

“The event, entitled You tweet if you want to: the web is for opposition, not for governing will take place on the Monday evenings of both conferences. The debate will focus on the interaction of social media on politics, from Gordon Brown on YouTube to Barrack Obama’s online campaign, the lessons that can be learnt and the new opportunities it brings.

“The event has already secured top speakers including David Miliband MP, Ed Balls MP, Douglas Carswell MP, Daniel Hannan MEP, Sadiq Khan MP and Twitter Tsar Kerry McCarthy MP as well as well known bloggers such as Iain Dale, Tim Montgomerie and Alex Hilton.”

See the hashtag here too.

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