@journtoolbox
Follow the Journalist's Toolbox on Twitter.
Twitter for Newsrooms
Resources from the team at Twitter on how to integrate it into the newsroom.
Mashable
A great guide to all things social media. A must-bookmark for Twitter users.
Twitter Guide for Skeptics and Newbies
Tailored to journalists, this guide from Columbia University Journalism Dean of Students Sree Sreenivathan gives you everything you need to know.
Poynter: How to Use Social Media to Cover Elections
Twitter: A Producer's Guide
A video Twitter primer of great examples of how to incorporate social media into a broadcast. A combination of news and TV shows.
MuckRack.com
A huge directory of journalists on Twitter. A must-bookmark for journalists.
Search.Twitter.com
Twitter's version of Google.
TwitterJournalism
Coverage of breaking news events and Twitter reaction from Craig Kanalley of the Huffington Post.
Yahoo! News: Five News Stories That Broke on Twitter
Examples of early news stories that moved on Twitter before mainstream media.
Directory of All Congressional Twitter Handles
Hootsuite
Great Twitter management tool. Built-in link compressor, manage multiple accounts, schedule tweets for later, etc.
TweetDeck
Another great Twitter management tool.
Twitterfall
Great for chats, just type in a keyword and follow/participate in the discussion.
Monitter
As the name suggests, you can track three trending topics at once.
Flipboard
Revolutionary iPad app allows you to read your Twitter and Facebook feeds like a magazine.
InsideFlipboard
In-house blog offers a few tips and tricks. You have to dig for them.
TweepsMap
Track where your Twitter followers are.
Poynter: Types of Stories That Make Good Storifies
Good examples: weather, breaking news, etc.
How to Use Storify as a Journalism Teaching Tool
Great tips from Poynter.
TwitterFeed
Feed your blog updates to your Twitter account using an RSS feed. Very cool.
WeFollow
A Yellow Pages for Twitter.
Topsy.com
Twitter search that doesn't suck.
TopTwitterShare.info
Track who has unfollowed you on Twitter.
TweetStats
Reports on how often you tweet, what times, replies, etc. Key to developing a social media strategy.
TweetBeep
Sends any mentions from your Twitter account to an e-mail address you choose. You also can use Twitter alerts in your settings to notify you of any mentions.
Tools for Managing Your Twitter Followers
Radian6
Similar to ConvoTrack but with more features, this tool tracks online conversations about your tweets, hashtags, etc.
Twiends: Twitter How-To Page
Twitter basics in an easy-to-follow graphic.
Al Tompkins Online Tools for Journalists and Educators
Trendistic
Track Twitter trends.
Twittervision
Live Trendsmap, it lets you see a visualization of tweets.
Twittearth
Similar to TrendsMap and Twittervision.
20 Feet Twitter Metrics Aggregator
Time Hop
Sends you daily emails with what you were doing on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Instagram that day.
Friend or Follow
Track people you follow who are not following you back. Great for clearing out your Twitter stream. Many of us do this quarterly.
TweepSearch
A search tool more powerful than the one built into Twitter. You can detail searches and track down someone whose Twitter handle you can't remember.
MyTweeple
A combined search and Twitter account management tool. Good for handling a large following.
TweetBeep
Sends any mentions from your Twitter account to an e-mail address you choose. You also can use Twitter alerts in your settings to notify you of any mentions.
Twitterless
Tells you who has stopped following you.
Storify.com
Created by Burt Herman, former AP foreign correspondent, this site allows you to curate social media into an archived story.
Storify and Social Media Curation Skills
Great tips and examples from the Knight Digital Media Center.
Social Media Today
A daily chronicle of Internet, mobile and tablet publishing news, information and opinion.
Mashable: 11 Sportswriters You Should Follow on Twitter
KDMC Twitter for Journalists
Helpful tips from the Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley.
Five Rules for Journalists Using Storify
From Staci Baird from San Francisco State University.
Facebook Search
Great way to search for sources, other journalists.
Emphas.is
Crowdsourced funding for photojournalism projects, similar to Spot.us.
Postpo.st
Allows you to search for old tweets.
Lockerz
Makes it easy to move mobile phone or desktop photos to Twitter.
TwitPic
Makes it easy to move mobile phone or desktop photos to Twitter.
MediaBistro: Five Tools to Measure Your Twitter Influence
Peer Index
How effective is your Twitter account?
Twitalyzer
Analytics for your social media. Graphics, other stats on how influential you are as a tweeter.
Klout .com
Another Twitter analytics site.
Twittergrader
Evaluates how influential you are on Twitter.
Socialoomph
Twitter management tool that allows you to schedule tweets. Free and professional versions.
Retweet Rank
Are people retweeting what you post? See how you stack up with others.
TwitterCounter
Track Twitter statistics.
Trendistic.com
Tracks Twitter trends.
TwitScoop
See what's trending on Twitter.
TweetBeep
Set up alerts to track certain keywords on Twitter.
Twittercal
Sync your Twitter account with your Google Calendar.
Twtvite
A Twitter invitation tool that helps you schedule tweet-ups.
Wordpress: Twitter Tools Plug-in
Mashable: 10 Twitter Tools to Organize Your Tweeps
OneForty
Lists the best Twitter tools by category: desktop, mobile, media sharing, analytics, etc.
OneForty: News Twitter Tools
A must-bookmark list of key Twitter tools for news journalists.
Tweetmeme
Digg for Twitter. Very cool tool.
Listorious
Find and interview experts on Twitter
Tools for Managing Twitter Accounts
Five Tools for Building a Targeted Twitter Following
Formulists
Builds your Twitter lists for you. You can organize by location of follower.
Twitscoop
Operates somewhat like Hootsuite. Available for iPhone and iPod Touch.
BackType
Much like ConvoTrack and BackTweets, enter a Web site's address and measure it's social media impact.
Government Computer News: Who Tweets in Government?
Twackle
Aggregates tweets about sports leagues, teams, athletes, events, etc.
Lanyrd
A social conference directory. Think of it as an IMDB for conferences.
Sportsin140.com
Tracks official athlete, coach and league Twitter accounts.
Coyle Media: Sports Fan Graph
Ranks pro and college teams and leagues by their Facebook and Twitter followers.
TweetMeNews
Create your own custom Twitter feed, similar to an RSS. Great tool.
Eight Great Twitter Directories
22 Sites for Twitter Backgrounds
Twitter Basics Powerpoint
A Powerpoint on Twitter fundamentals. Nice links and examples from Kathy Schrock.
MicroPlaza
Find information filtered by the people you follow.
TwitHorus
Aggregates and displays real-time tweet updates of tech companies by category.
GeoMeMe
Measure and share real-time local twitter trends.
iNewz
International news aggregator for the iPhone and iPod touch. Find it in the iTunes app store.
Smashing Magazine: 99 Essential Twitter Tools and Applications
10 Ways Social Media Will Change in 2011
IsParade
A fun tool that animates your Twitter followers into a parade, with music and pop-up tweets.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Twitter
A great list of resources from Charles Curle Design.
Sociable Blog: 100 Twitter Tools
OpenJason: 100 Top Twitter Tools
27 Twitter Tools to Find and Manage Followers
SPJ: Twenty Journalists to Follow on Twitter
Eight Tools to Filter Your Twitter Stream and News
RTDNA: Social Media Guidelines
Radio TV Digital News Association established guidelines for using Twitter and Facebook.
Onehub Transfers
Easily share files with your social network for free using Onehub Transfers. Upload files and post to twitter it's that easy. Upload any file type including .zip, .pdf, .jpg, .png, .gif, .mp3 and .txt.
URL Shorteners
bit.ly
One of the more popular link compressors.
TinyURL
A popular link compressor that allows you to customize your compressed links.
Doiop.com
Choose a keyword to shorten your link to.
tr.im
Use cautiously, this site shut down for a short period in August 2009
Backgrounds
TwitterBackgrounds.com
Liven up your page with different designs and colors for your page. Easy-to-use. Many designs are free but some cost a small fee.
TwitRounds Free Twitter backgrounds
TLists
Allows you to search Twitter lists. Great tool that's used by Twitter itself and by Flipboard
Twilk
Use your followers' icons to make your background.
Mobile Applications
For iPhone: Tweetie 2, Hootsuite or Simply Tweet in the iTunes store.
For BlackBerry: TwitterBerry.
