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Suw Charman-Anderson is a social software consultant and writer who specialises in the use of blogs and wikis behind the firewall. With a background in journalism, publishing and web design, Suw is now one of the UK's best known bloggers, frequently speaking at conferences and seminars.

She recently launched Kits and Mortar, a blog about planning a green, cat-friendly self-built home.

Suw is also founder and board member of the Open Rights Group, a digital rights advocacy group which aims to raise awareness of digital rights issues, to campaign against bad legislation in Britain and the EU, and to support grass roots activism.

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Kevin Anderson has been an online journalist since 1996, designing, editing and writing websites for both broadcast and print media. In 1998, he joined the BBC and became their first online journalist based outside of the UK, covering the US for its award winning news website. After coming to the UK in 2005, he developed a blogging strategy for BBC news, helped launch a programme on the BBC's 5Live covering weblogs and podcasts and was on the team that launched the interactive radio programme World Have Your Say on the BBC World Service.

Kevin is now the Blogs Editor for The Guardian, where he is responsible for management, strategy and 'leading by doing' for Guardian Unlimited blogs.

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April 17, 2008

Twitter interviews on ReadWriteWeb

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I already added the post Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media on ReadWriteWeb to del.icio.us because it talks about participation inequalities and relative time spent by people on various social media sites and services. The post has kicked off an interesting discussion in the comments as well as at the office. But as a journalist, one thing caught my eye. Sarah Perez 'interviewed' people on Twitter about how they spend their time using social media. Now, obviously, this isn't a broader sample of people who simply don't participate, but it does give a snapshot of social media usage and a range of participation.

I've used it personally if I have a tech question I'm stymied by or want to get a range of views on a movie or a restaurant. Suw jokingly refers to it as a query for the 'lazyweb'.

However, there is definitely something useful here journalistically. Sarah's use of Twitter also shows how using the service not only as a way to promote your content but also to create community could be used to add to your journalism. No, it's not a random sample. But since when are 'man on the street' interviews?

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