Probably the most important part of a journalist's work is building sources and chasing stories, which is largely done privately (DMs, etc) for obvious reasons. This analysis misses that.
The public face of journalists on twitter is primarily to build personal brand, broadcast, and generate leads for private scoops via their brand and strategically discussion of particular topics. Much of the reason for journalists smaller bubble is they're building each other up professionally, rather than just hanging out and chatting like most other twitter users. I think this study might be confusing these two very different use cases.
The public face of journalists on twitter is primarily to build personal brand, broadcast, and generate leads for private scoops via their brand and strategically discussion of particular topics. Much of the reason for journalists smaller bubble is they're building each other up professionally, rather than just hanging out and chatting like most other twitter users. I think this study might be confusing these two very different use cases.