Date: Monday, March 10 2014 Time: 10.30-10.50am Location : Austin Convention Center, Ballroom G, 500 E Cesar Chavez St Social media has become a part of our everyday norm. Although some may prefer Facebook to Twitter or Instagram to Pinterest, it is rare these days, to find someone who is not connected to some sort […]
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Sources in the Social Media Age Saturday, March 9 9:30AM – 10:30AM Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB The use of social media as a source has become a massive trend. In the United States 55 percent of journalists use platforms like Twitter and Facebook as sources, 75 percent use them in the UK. Although this […]
Citizen journalism is nothing new; it has But it was during the Arab Spring in early 2011 that this phenomenon became an undeniable force in our media landscape. Jim Frederick, editor of Time International, says he had been aware of citizen journalism for many years, but the Arab Spring really made him sit up and […]
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