Post-Dispatch is Twittering

The Post-Dispatch has joined the ranks of newspapers that tweet. So far, the feed includes blog updates. And on its second day, there are already five followers. Go to www.twitter.com/stltoday to join.

Other Twittering papers:
• Birmingham News: 6 followers
• Charlotte Observer: 26 followers
• Chicago Tribune: 72 followers
• Flint Journal: 6 followers
• Globe Gazette: 21 followers
• Knoxville News Sentinel: 73 followers
• Nashua Telegraph: 83 followers
• New York Times: 1,472 followers; the Times also has 15 other specialized Twitter accounts
• Orlando Sentinel: 210 followers
• The Oregonian: 156 followers
• RedEye: 85 followers
• Spokesman Review: 16 followers (no activity for eight months)
• Star Tribune: 24 followers
• The Times of Northwest Indiana: 27 followers

For the uninitiated, Twitter is a social network. Users can publish posts up to 140-characters long from the Web or cell phone. Others “follow” you (or rather your updates). There are hundreds of Twitter applications, and more are added every day.

After you’re done signing up to follow the Post-Dispatch on Twitter, join us on Facebook, too! (Someone actually gave me admin status on our Facebook account. Let me know what else you’d like to see on there.)