From the
beginning of Journalism, The industry of Newspaper is rapidly changing with
today’s social media. We as providers and consumers of the news have to keep
up. Journalism is now changing ways of reporting through technology like
Twitter. In my case study presentation on Thursday, I will discuss how the
integration and changes through newspapers have occurred because of social
media, by cutting costs, sharing resources, and the overall role that Twitter
has played.
First I will
begin with the introduction of how journalism has evolved from Yellow
Journalism and New Journalism. In one of my examples, it will display how the
first forerunner newspaper uses Twitter to relate breaking news to citizens
during a heavy storm. Also, I will discuss “The meeting of two media is a
moment of truth and revelation from which new form is born.” That new form is known as Twitter. More
reporters are now using Twitter to alert followers to breaking news or to news
stories online. By this new means of social media, Reporters can extend their
information faster and more easily accessible to consumers of the news to
multiple outlets. With this topic, it brings up the issue of what if a reporter
tweets a news tip that is incorrect information. In my case study, I will
display an instance in the newsroom where a journalist does just that and the
consequences that it takes on them and readers through the Internet. As the
question of the week “What are the constraints on free speech & the First
Amendment for the news industry?”, this makes one consider how our news
industry has evolved because of social media similar to Twitter. There are no
longer constraints on free speech when you use an outlet like Twitter. The
overall effect that Twitter has on the journalism industry depends on whom you
ask. The ways in which we report news is changing, for better or for worse.
