Using Moments to share breaking news
2 min Best Practice
2 min Best Practice
Great news Moments can be any number of things – a series of Tweets from reporters on the scene of a breaking story, deep background that fills readers in on the context of a big event, reactions from the community or the world, and so on. But all have key things in common.
The best Tweets included in news Moments:
A good news Moment:
Good news Moments titles, descriptions, and covers:
There are several genres of Moments news organizations can employ. They include:
Breaking news, which offer continually refreshed updates on how a story is unfolding.
Police have increased their reward to $115,000 for information regarding the three Austin package bombings, which they believe were "meant to send a message." https://t.co/prJeCUHLvC
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 19, 2018
Siga a repercussão do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff no #Moments⚡️ e receba Tweets em tempo real na sua timeline👇🏻 https://t.co/EpKjkyidkU
— Twitter Moments Brasil (@MomentsBrasil) August 31, 2016
⚡️ AHORA: Murió el físico británico, Stephen Hawking, a los 76 años de edad. 😢https://t.co/25gtPB5G0I
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) March 14, 2018
The results are in, and Australia has voted “Yes” for marriage equality. https://t.co/YRx5JgGqEU
— Twitter Moments Australia (@MomentsAU) November 14, 2017
訃報:俳優 大杉漣さんが死去https://t.co/V5jRXrnj6v
— Twitter モーメント (@MomentsJapan) February 21, 2018
Breakouts that take a minor or overlooked part of the narrative and expand upon it.
⚡️ Antes de criticar, te invitamos a leer. Las mujeres explican las injusticias que las tienen hartas con #EstamosHartasDehttps://t.co/wNj0KLdvYt
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) March 7, 2018
⚡️ Nunca es tarde para hacer tu pancarta del #DiaDeLaMujer. Estas son algunas de nuestras favoritas ♀️https://t.co/xn551ckoMw
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) March 8, 2018
People in same-sex relationships around Australia are celebrating the historic #MarriageEquality vote by popping the question. https://t.co/JngNIYs8I5
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) November 15, 2017
⚡️ السعودية والإمارات والبحرين ومصر تقطع علاقاتها مع قطر#قطع_العلاقات_مع_قطر https://t.co/6eqsVKWgE2
— Moments MENA (@momentsmena) June 5, 2017
Explainers, which help unpack complex ideas, go in-depth with subject matter experts, or share personal experiences with the story.
ما هو #مشروع_البحر_الاحمر الذي أعلنته السعودية أمس؟https://t.co/9Ts8vY3yO6
— Moments MENA (@momentsmena) August 1, 2017
133 of 150 electorates produced a majority "Yes" vote. #MarriageEquality https://t.co/n84mFdLiaG
— Twitter Moments Australia (@MomentsAU) November 15, 2017
"At some point, his leadership would be really helpful." @JebBush called out @marcorubio for sitting out the latest immigration debate. https://t.co/tAO27kxhir
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) January 27, 2018
Moments that highlight shared and often emotional experiences among the people impacted by a story.
Some texted their loved ones, while others helped children into storm drains. Here’s how residents of Hawaii reacted during the half hour it took officials to identify the the "ballistic missile threat" as a false alarm. https://t.co/kCloDvIezb
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) January 13, 2018
Minister for Home Affairs @PeterDutton_MP has received wide backlash over his claims that Victorians are scared to eat out because of "African gang violence".https://t.co/syyUZs0Kgk
— Twitter Moments Australia (@MomentsAU) January 3, 2018
⚡️ ¿Sigues un poco nervioso después del sismo? No eres el único 🤗https://t.co/q8K3VkaatS
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) February 18, 2018
Exclusives, which provide access to scoops or perspectives no other news organization has.
A written list, posted by @andreasgwood, on a wall under the stairs of a house in England, details when the air raid sirens went off in 1940.https://t.co/py0zyPqp7p
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 13, 2018
A drag queen dressed as Elsa was seen singlehandedly freeing a police vehicle from snow during a blizzard in Boston. https://t.co/oikAxrIhL3
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 14, 2018
⚡️ El periodista @arturoangel20 estuvo más de 12 horas en la audiencia de Duarte para recabar todo lo que pasó ⬇️https://t.co/GtedXWmrUK
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) July 23, 2017
Australian writer and broadcaster @yassmin_a was refused entry into the US where she was scheduled to speak on the exclusion of young Muslim women. https://t.co/Ezfr6fa9d1
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) April 12, 2018
Personal narratives, which are often threads that add one person’s insight or context to a familiar story or experience.
"What I saw was a city that has been decimated." @rcallimachi was in Mosul when Iraq declared it free from ISIS. https://t.co/7cDCspWcBl
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) July 9, 2017
Writer @_AmyGray_ highlights how damaging the marriage equality debate can be for LGBTIQ youths. https://t.co/B2OwGJDBV3
— Twitter Moments Australia (@MomentsAU) September 17, 2017
شاب سوري يعلق في مطار دولي بسبب الخدمة العسكرية 🙈@Kontar81 https://t.co/U6D4pvzelM
— Moments MENA (@momentsmena) April 19, 2018
⚡️ La historia de @ManuelBartual no acaba, pero dijo "¿hola?" y todos tipo 😱💥😳https://t.co/g1AVpGB3BG
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) August 27, 2017
Roundups that summarize a widely reported event or story in an easily digestible way.
⚡️ ¡#FelizDomingo! Elige la bebida de tu preferencia, ponte cómodo en tu lugar favorito y disfruta de estas lecturas que tenemos para ti. ☕️🥤👓https://t.co/tbzYgje6KQ
— Twitter Moments en Español (@MomentsES) April 15, 2018
Here is the best of Team Australia at the Winter Olympics. #PyeongChang2018 https://t.co/HKslkuBDTA
— Twitter Moments Australia (@MomentsAU) February 25, 2018
This week in long reads:
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) March 17, 2018
⏲️ The lucrative world of online chess
🗿 How erosion is putting Easter Island's monuments at risk
🛫 Thoughts while taking an 18-hour flight https://t.co/T7sfszZAto
كل ما تود معرفته عن #الشركة_السعودية_للصناعات_العسكرية التي أعلنت عنها المملكة أمسhttps://t.co/JNGdguqxrD
— Moments MENA (@momentsmena) May 18, 2017