I ensured that our Twitter feed was kept up to date throughout the online news day by notifying our Twitter followers every time a new article was posted on Buzz. I utilised the bit.ly website when including links in my Twitter posts, which shortens the links down and leaves more room to describe the content of the article itself. I also used Twitter to involve readers by asking questions relating to the articles. For example – when an article was posted about childhood toys of the 90s, I asked Twitter followers to share their favourite childhood toy. Twitter proved to be a very useful means of interacting with Buzz readers.
Every feature pieces posted on Buzz had some relevance to a current news story – we took advantage of the online medium by writing features that tied in with the very latest news (unlike magazines, which tend to be weekly or monthly publications). Additionally, we ensured that the multi-media capabilities of the internet were utilised by including video, audio and images along with the text, as well as hyperlinks to websites relevant to the articles.
My articles included two music reviews and a film review on Burma VJ – a film which was screened in university that day. I wrote the review in collaboration with a colleague which I found rather difficult, as it required us to compromise and agree on our opinion on the film. It probably would have been easier and quicker to have written the review on my own.
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