britney lawrence's List: New Media Journalism Essay

• In the traditional world, newspapers, corporations, governments, or other types of leading organizations simply had to give out information, and people would consume it by reading or looking at it
• democratic movement that emphasizes some of journalism’s key factors: transparency, honesty, and giving a voice to the person who doesn’t have one
• Others have evaluated the news media and determin
• ed social media has not only benefited journalists but has also helped give individuals a way to speak up to the world

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• One key way that social media has changed how journalists approach the news is through helping journalists in newsgathering and crowdsourcing. This has helped them to collect more material on news stories and has provided access to a wider range of voices who are able to tell their own stories and opinions on the matte
• Social media also helps journalists to source eyewitnesses quickly, as people are keen to tweet or post about interesting things they have witnessed to tell their friends about what they saw
• bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston marathon
• in April 2013,
• witter Alerts enables public institutions to send out emergency alerts via text message and push notifications

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• Richard Sambrook, the director of the BBC Global News Division
• One thing he is sure of is that new organisations don't own the news anymore.
• but it is as important for the readers, listeners and viewers to see how the news is produced, where the information comes from, and how it works
• Information is not journalism
• Journalism needs discipline, analysis, explanation and context, he pointed out, and therefore for him it is still a profession

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