Darlington appoints official town Twitterer
The town of Darlington has appointed a "tweeter in residence" to tell people what is happening in the area.Mike McTimoney - a social media fan and IT teacher at the town's Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College - will now get paid - though only £140 per year - for his tweets.
A spokesperson for the Darlington Partnership, which is behind the job, said that while many towns and cities have artists and writers in residence - they were the first to have a Twitterer.
Using the name @TheDarloBard Mike will now tweet about anything and everything going on in the town, sharing local news, insights and observations.
So lots of tweets about how much it is raining in Darlington then.
Of his new job Mike said: "I am really into social media and all the fantastic opportunities the Internet offers - so I thought this would be an interesting thing to do.
"I think it is great to be the UK's first Twitterer in Residence and hope other towns will follow suit. I deal with young people on a daily basis and think this is a great way to get important information to them."
LINKS
@TheDarloBard
Darlington Experiment
"I think it is great to be the UK's first Twitterer in Residence and hope other towns will follow suit. I deal with young people on a daily basis and think this is a great way to get important information to them."
LINKS
@TheDarloBard
Darlington Experiment
