Get short, timely messages from Ellen Shearer.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @ellenshearer.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow ellenshearer to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Country	Code	For customers of
Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Australia	0198089488 Telstra
Canada	21212 (any)
United Kingdom	86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia	89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland	51210 O2
India	53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan	90903 Zain
New Zealand	8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States	40404 (any)

ellenshearer

@cjr offers advice to journalists on how to avoid reporting on debunked facts bit.ly/NjSE30 about 14 hours ago via web
Heading to ONA-DC meet-up. Always a good crowd with interesting ideas. 3:36 PM May 29th via TweetDeck
Homeland Security is watching tweets for certain words: bit.ly/KZFR7r 7:31 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
wtop.com/41/2881686/Key… 7:30 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
natlsecuritycnn #AQAP advice to wannabe jihadis: prepare to live outside, sit around and duck from airstrikes security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/16/wag… #Yemen 11:04 AM May 16th via Tweet Button Retweeted by ellenshearer and 9 others
@AtlanticCouncil statement says Panetta and Dempsey today called Law of the Sea Convention essential to U.S. security interests. 8:27 AM May 9th via web
@alexismadrigal of @theatlantic offers good advice on slideshow use bit.ly/ISvMtN 8:05 AM May 9th via web
Obama: glad this is not GSA conference #whcd 7:03 PM Apr 28th via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
President says Hillary won't stop drunk texting him #whcd 7:02 PM Apr 28th via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
Congrats to 3 medill grad students who won awards at #whca 6:45 PM Apr 28th via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
On LaSalle Street outside the Medill Medill newsroom: Kelsey Grammer and a TV crew. 1:39 PM Apr 19th via web
RIP proper usage of hopefully wapo.st/HS4QWC 6:59 AM Apr 18th via TweetDeck
medillonthehill Soldier's wife learns of husband's death through Facebook, contrary to military protocol and tradition: militarytimes.com/blogs/outside-… 6:53 AM Apr 17th via web Retweeted by ellenshearer
NatSecZone Top airports for TSA gun seizures - Below are the top airports for number of handguns seized by the... tmblr.co/Zm0i8xJXReSH 6:08 AM Apr 12th via Tumblr Retweeted by ellenshearer
aburnspolitico Biden email subject line: "Just three words." If it's war on women/moms ... 6:17 AM Apr 13th via web Retweeted by ellenshearer and 1 other
Cautionary tale on periils of retweeting without checking source: nyti.ms/HtRceB 8:00 AM Apr 11th via web
Bernstein says today's audiences look for news that plays to preconceptions. #asne12 n 1:40 PM Apr 3rd via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
TPM josh Marshall says now can put one fact on web & get audience engagement. Woodward: Bradlee would have throw out of office w/one fact. 1:36 PM Apr 3rd via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
Oops, meant follow the money. 1:28 PM Apr 3rd via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC
Woodward: deep throat never said follow the Monet, but if you look at the totality, that is what it meant. #asne12 1:25 PM Apr 3rd via Twitter for iPhone from Washington, DC

Name Ellen Shearer
Location Washington, DC
Bio Medill School of Journalism Professor, Dir.: Washington Program, Co-Dir., Medill National Security Journalism Initiative.