BeatBlogging.org, a site run by Jay Rosen of NYU, recognized Onward State’s Twitter account in a post published on Tuesday. Our Twitter account was deemed “worth emulating.”

Here’s a link to the post.

These are the criteria Beat Blogging used to pick its top tier of Twitter accounts.

These outlets are engaging in conversations, utilizing @replies, #hashtags and retweets. They’re crowd sourcing , building connections with users and acting as guides. These are outlets that get that Twitter can be a fantastic reporting tool and a great way to connect with users.

It’s pretty nice of them. We hope y’all join us on Twitter– it’s weird until you get one; then it’s addicting.