We Tweet’n
By knoceda
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 at 3:52 pm in General, Odds & Ends.
Calling all Twitter Tweeps. Follow me at www.twitter.com/Noceda_Reports for story links, news updates, announcements and random observations around town…
[You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.]
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:10 am
whats up with everybody making the move to Twitter? whats it about?
June 4th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I think you nailed it Alex. I suspect Twitter is cheaper. If the newspaper is not going to use this site more, it is kind of worthless. Please don’t tell me the most exciting thing is Hayward is a two headed snake.
June 5th, 2009 at 10:22 am
We don’t make money off the blog and we don’t make money off Twitter. They’re just things we use as services/conveniences for our readers. Sometimes the blog doesn’t get updated for a while because we’re busy. There are only 4 reporters and 1 editor covering an area of 300,000 people. Kris can Tweet from his phone because it’s fast (there’s a 140-word limit per Tweet) and he always has his phone with him. That’s a little harder for the blog. And things we post up on the blog are things we think people might find interesting or talk about. It doesn’t mean they’re the “most exciting” things we have to offer…just things we think you might want to know about, or sometimes they’re quirky. All that said, we do want to blog more, so that it provides a forum for you to discuss your opinions with other readers. It’s just a matter of time, resources and what’s going on in any given day/week…
June 16th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
So is the purpose of tweet’n just another attempt to hide information and opinions that is shared to the taxpayers and general community? I fail to see very little information on the total local interests of Hayward’s school’s and city government in our so-called local “Hayward Daily Review.” If I wanted to know about local schools and goverment in Union City, Fremont or Newark, wouldn’t it make sense to subscribe to the Argus. Is the Daily review trying to hide something at times?
The Hayword at least gives local community members a chance to relay information and opinions that are not always caught by reporters.
We are the reporters of the community and are stronger in numbers than a few employees of the ANG, all we ask for is a bulletin board such as the Hayword for posting information and public comments.
I’m sure many would agree.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Perhaps I can shed some light. Kristofer’s foray into Twitter is not intended to replace the blog, print coverage or anything else. It’s merely there for people who like Twitter and want to follow him on it. Twitter is rapidly gaining in popularity, so Kris saw a need to have a Daily Review presence there for anyone who might want to avail themselves of it.
As for the increased Union City, Fremont and Newark coverage…we have always run Union City coverage. But the additional Fremont and Newark stories are because the papers are so understaffed, most days we are required to combine with the news section of the Argus. The Argus editor and I work together to pick story placement, etc. It’s not an ideal situation, I am well aware (and so is the Argus), but with the industry in the state it’s in, and with staffing the way it is, we have to do this until the economy starts to improve. I realize this will invite criticism, but I think most people have some knowledge as to the difficult state of the journalism industry…mostly because of the downturn in the economy, which has reduced advertising dollars because retail and real estate (two of our biggest sources of advertising) are taking a big hit.
Do we have few employees? Yes. We have 4 reporters working for the local news section of the Review. Is there a way I can fix that? No…not right now. We’re in a hiring freeze. Are we doing the best we can with what we’ve got? Absolutely. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes that the average Joe doesn’t see and/or understand. I have to grant vacations and give days off to my reporters, so I’m sure you can see where we run into problems when people are gone. Is this a “poor me”-type of post expected to evoke sympathy? No. Just merely trying to shed some light on things so that you know we are not just sitting on our hackles doing nothing. We don’t always have time to blog (posting a blog item at the Review entails almost the same process as developing a story for print), so sometimes things don’t show up for a while. Our main focus is the print product and meeting deadlines.
Just trying to be as honest with you as I can, folks…
June 17th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Gosh. Maybe you all should intern some students from the Journelism dept at Cal Esat Bay or something to fill out some of the local stories….
June 17th, 2009 at 11:45 am
We are working on getting a CSUEB student bureau going…our company already has something similar going with SF State and UC Berkeley (the students earn credits towards their journalism degrees). It’s just a matter of who’s going to run/oversee it, and coordinating with the university.
June 19th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
All of you who do not yet have a Twitter account yet, should try it. Its a quick easy way to get information, from all over the world.
I very much appreciate the Noceda Report.
June 19th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Thanks for the response. I have also noted that Leadership High School Hayward’s Class of 09 graduates were not listed in your paper. We wouldn’t want to not celebrate these 82 students, would we?
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:06 am
Unfortunately, despite repeated attempts, HUSD has not sent me the list.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Interesting. I don’t think they are associated with HUSD. Try calling them at 300-1340. They are a charter school with great scholars.
And most of the HUSD is now closed.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Aw heck, I am not official, but from the program:
All members of this class are going to college:
Victor Aguilar
Noelle Alcomendras
Christine Alfonso
Alberto Anguiano
Sandy Acre
Giancarlo Arechiga
Tanya Brady
Auzerais Bellamy
Crishaun Bradford
Phoebe Burgos
Janneth Caldera
Lyniece Catalan
Sabrina Catalano
Thomas Conti
Geanna Cooper-Smith
Stephanie Cornejo
Rebecca Ellington
Tenia Ellis
Evan Espanola
Jeffrey Faasisila
Breann Ferguson
Brianna Ford
George Francis
Arion Guillory
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Channel Hardesty
Charlisa Hunter
Tony Huynh (valedictorian)
Alvaro Ibarra
Rudy Jerez
Jazzlyn Kaleohano
Arshdeep Kaur
Janice Lacsina
Kevin Lieu
Lan Ma
Christina Mason
Nicholas Mathas
Mellisa Mayp
Dontarius McCroey
Micheal McDunn
Carlos Mendoza
Kevin Metcalf
Jessica Miranda
Daniel Morales
Navedika Nair
Jennifer Nava
Martin Nocum
Denielle Obelton
Bianca Parra
Micheal Patrick
Emily Perez
Nicole Perez
Tony Pinto
Steven Pleitez
Nikia Pringle
Cynthia Ramirez
Eric Raygoza
Emmett Richardson
Ashley Rits
Vennessa Rubio
Frankie Schell
Imrangeet Swaich
Mynor Tejada
Natalie Thacher
Cherita Turner
Carina Valdez
Marcelo Velador
Enrique Villegas
Danielle Walton
Aleishia Walsh
Demonica Wilson
Richard Wranitz
William Zuniga
That’s all folks!
May 26th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
[...] It’s been nearly a year to the day since intrepid reporter Kris Noceda announced he joined the world of Twitter. [...]