Convergence, Interviews - Saturday, March 21, 2009 15:03 - 1 Comment

Find us on Twitter – Chicago Tribune Masthead

Nice find from Joey Baker‘s blog

Newspaper and social media convergence.  I have never seen any other newspaper put twitter addresses in their masthead, have you?  To learn more read the following Q&A with Bill Adee, Chicago Tribune editor/digital media.

RI – Introduce yourself (name, title, specialty)
BA – Bill Adee, editor/digital media

RI – Does the masthead in the printed newspaper have the twitter addresses or is it just visible via the link above? What am I looking at? Where does this appear?
BA – That is the masthead as it appeared in last Thursday’s newspaper, on the Editorial page.

RI – Does the Chicago Tribune feel that twitter is better at contacting those in the masthead than email? Why use twitter?
BA – We wanted to make a statement about our digital efforts, but at a practical level it also is a great way to communicate with our readers and learn more about what they are reading and thinking. Continue…