[lg policy] US State Department to hold first Twitter briefing in Spanish

[Harold Schiffman]

State Department to hold first Twitter briefing in Spanish

(AFP) – 19 hours ago

WASHINGTON — The US State Department said Tuesday it will hold its
first Twitter briefing in Spanish, as part of its policy of using new
social media to reach out to the international community. Hosting the
briefing at 2 pm Thursday in Washington, Acting Assistant Secretary of
State for Public Affairs Mike Hammer "will take questions submitted"
to the department?s Spanish-language Twitter feed @USAenEspanol.

The State Department said questions can be submitted starting
Wednesday to @USAenEspanol, using hashtag #AskState.
The State Department has Twitter feeds in 11 languages: English,
Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian,
Spanish, and Urdu. "These social media accounts are conduits for the
US Department of State to inform and engage individuals around the
world on American foreign policy issues," the department said in a
statement.

"They also support the department?s 21st Century Statecraft efforts,
complementing traditional foreign policy by harnessing the digital
networks and technologies of an interconnected world," it added.

Last month State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland started
holding briefings in which she took questions on foreign policy from
Twitter followers in some of the 11 different languages.

Speaking in English, Nuland answered on camera in broadcasts that were
carried several hours later on YouTube.

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