This video is a teaching tool intended to help university students better understand the relationship between social media and news reporting. This video is divided into 6 chapters in which experts provide important information to prepare journalism students for jobs after graduation in digital news. The video explains how to use social media in newsgathering; story research; developing a digital database; and news dissemination platforms.
View by Chapter:
- Covering Politics Using Social Media (Interview with Mike Luery, KCRA-TV Sacramento)
- Putting the Public Back in Public Affairs (Interviews with Scott Shafer & Thuy Vu KQED-TV, San Francisco)
- Using Social Media as a Database (Interview with Doug Sovern, KCBS Radio, San Francisco)
- A Day in the Life of an Online Reporter (Interview with Rob Nikolewski, Santa Fe, New Mexico)
- Behind the Scenes of Storify (Interview with Co-founder Burt Herman)
- Diplomacy and Social Media (Interviews with Israeli and Swiss Consulates)
- Your Social Media Tool Kit (PowerPoint)
