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W7.2 The State of Journalism

The State of Journalism

Journalism has been completely altered by the Internet and, more recently, the social media landscape. Social media creates an intense pressure on news organizations to produce news, even when the facts are not yet straight. The ever-present witnesses to live events make it hard to hold a news story until all the facts are checked.

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The Hamster Wheel Links to an external site., by Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review, September 14, 2010.

Real-Time Analytics Turn the Web Into a Targeted Broadcast Links to an external site., by Tim Carmody, Wired, August 2, 2011.

Blaming The Wrong Lanza: How Media Got It Wrong In Newtown Links to an external site., by Kashmir Hill, Forbes, December 17, 2012.

Journalism and Social Media: 15 Examples Worth Learning From Links to an external site., by Lindsay Oberst, SustainableJournalism.org, October 26, 2011.
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Watch Katie Couric talk about Social Media and Real-Time Journalism (3 parts) on BrianSolisTV.

Part 1 Links to an external site.

Part 2 Links to an external site.

Part 3 Links to an external site.

 
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Watch Crowdsourcing the News Links to an external site. again (TEDx video 17 minutes) This time, when you watch it, view it more in the context of how social media is changing the vocation of journalism compared to how social media impacts social movements.

 
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Listen to Tweeting Graphic Videos in Syria Links to an external site., NPR's On the Media, February 10, 2012.

War Is Hell: A Continuing Conversation On Social Media And War Reporting Links to an external site. by Edward Schumacher-Matos, NPR, February 13, 2012.

War Is Hell: Andy Carvin and the Tweeting of a Graphic Syrian Video Links to an external site., by Edward Schumacher-Matos, NPR, February 26, 2012.