Twitter may sound fluffy, but the fact that DePaul University’s College of Communication is offering a course on Twitter is just another example that illustrates the importance of the application – it is required knowledge and figuring out how to apply the strategy to your individual goals can be tricky.
Craig Kanalley will teach what is believed to be the first college-level journalism course focused solely on Twitter and its applications.
USC has one of the only, if not the only, master’s programs that focuses not just on the technology of web 2.0 (and Journalism 3.0) but on the fundamentals of building an audience. The Communications master’s in Online Communities is an intense full-time program in just it’s third year.
The three members of Citilista, in addition to having real-world journalism, public relations and social media backgrounds, have nearly completed the Annenberg Program in Online Communities. Citilista.com and EchoParkOnline.com is the final project.