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UW Imposes 20-Tweet Limit On Live Events

Posted by Unknown on from the am-radio-on-the-attack dept.

theodp writes "GeekWire's Taylor Soper reports that the University of Washington has capped live sports coverage at 20 Tweets per basketball game (45 for football) and threatens to revoke the credentials of journalists who dare exceed the Twitter limits. Tacoma News Tribune reporter Todd Dybas was reportedly 'reprimanded' after drawing the ire of the UW Athletic Dept. for apparently Tweeting too much during UW's 85-63 Sunday win over Loyola."

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  1. Points by Lord+Lode · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In basketball, usually more points get made than goals get made in football so shouldn't the tweet limit be higher for basketball?

  2. Re:Fair enough I suppose by homsar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Can you imagine a reporter having their word limit set by the organisation they're covering rather than their own publication? And being asked to write the article as the event occurs, in real time?