Jane Bowden

The links to my tweets:

1. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048235836750417920
2. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048350497680314368
3. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048322873016897543
4. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048321133198659584
5. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048266745302175744
6. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048324580597796865
7. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048325272154587136
8. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048265714103148545
9. https://twitter.com/janebowden_/status/1048349973203640320

The links to my top three favorite tweets from my classmates:

1. https://twitter.com/JamesMercadante/status/1048262565032288257
2. https://twitter.com/IennoJulia/status/1048215011640987648
3. https://twitter.com/DianaxSolano/status/1048321337285074944

The links to the top five tweets from other schools (I also responded to these tweets):

1. https://twitter.com/PamelaPaganoMTL/status/1047936510169960458
2. https://twitter.com/CTDPRelations/status/1047265323215441920
3. https://twitter.com/ForClassGabbs/status/1047186921183571968
4. https://twitter.com/ClaudBarbiero/status/1048276094036709376
5. https://twitter.com/katheriboucher/status/1048286237210173440

While the task of the Twitter scavenger hunt seemed daunting at first– to run around Ewing and TCNJ to find almost 10 Twitter stories– by the end of it, I realized how simple it can be to find a news story in your neighborhood.  From an outsider’s perspective, a student walking by wearing TCNJ apparel may appear like any college student.  However, if you initiate a conversation with a stranger, you quickly learn that each person has a different passions and stories to tell.  The scavenger hunt made me search for unique angles in things that I pass by every day, like Frutta Bowls.  To me, Frutta Bowls was just an ordinary shop that is popular amongst college-aged kids, but when I sat down and briefly interviewed the owner, Kim Arbia, I realized that it was also a community for all fruit-lovers.

The scavenger hunt also showed me how simple it could be to transform almost 10 ideas into full features and/or profiles.  Each of these tweets could be expanded into full-length stories; all that is needed is more information and more quotes.  Again, it goes to show how quick and easy it could be to find news stories within a small radius.  It doesn’t require much effort; just a camera and a different perspective.