Today I am going to be live tweeting the state wide address given my Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts on the Covid-19 issue in my home state. Below you will find the link to my Twitter acocunt so that you can follow along minute by minute!
This assignment certainly did not go as I had planned, as there was several technical difficulties on the live stream, and the updated version of the whole lives stream was only published in the last day or so. However there were several good things to come of this press conference, such as Governor Ricketts saying he will not close any Nebraska processing plants at this time, which is not doubt a welcomed thing by Nebraska farmers and ranchers who are already hurting badly at this time. Writing my live tweets I tried to keep it more of a journalistic approach however I can see that there was some PR approaches used.
Looking back I enjoyed the feeling of having to stay on my toes so I made sure not to miss anything , however I was really disappointed when the live stream was cut short, as I felt a sense of responsibility to my viewers and I felt like I was letting them down. (I have 4 followers on twitter as I NEVER tweet hahahah). Still I wish that things could have gone more smoothly and this is something that I would like to try again in the future!
Moving forward I would like to use this in my classroom, such as having my students live tweet on an agricultural event happening on either a state, country, or world level. I think that there needs a place for technology and media in the classroom and this would be a good way to also teach them how to be social media aware.
Life is a Crazy Ride 