Twitter and Facebook have been conduits of information throughout the protests in the Arab world. But that news has been atomized, second by second accounts coming from hundreds of unknown sources. Into that relentless stream has stepped NPR’s Andy Carvin, who’s become a one-stop clearinghouse of news by vetting sources and trying to verify individual tweets. Carvin explains how Twitter’s political utility has also created a new kind of journalism.
NPR’s Andy Carvin on the impact of Twitter on journalism
February 26th, 2011 — Andy Carvin, Comm203, Introduction to Journalism, social media, Twitter
Is the world obsessed with Facebook?
February 25th, 2011 — Comm203, Facebook, social media
40 years later, the word is ‘video’!
February 20th, 2011 — Introduction to Journalism, journalism
Happy to join the blog
February 14th, 2011 — farnsworth
I will be contributing to the posts from time to time. As many of you know, this spring I am teaching Comm351-001/News Writing & Reporting and Comm590-002/Mass Media & Social Influence, a grad course.
My office is located in 149 Science & Tech II. I have office hours on T/R from 1:30-2:30 p.m. I hope to see many of you there.
— Dr. Stephen Farnsworth
Historic newspapers need to look forward (Steve Buttry on Storify)
February 13th, 2011 — Steve Buttry, Uncategorized
Speaking with conviction in typography
February 13th, 2011 — speaking, typography, video
‘The Daily Show’ on Aged News
February 11th, 2011 — journalism, New York Times, The Daily Show
Google weather slider on your mobile device
February 11th, 2011 — Comm203, Introduction to Journalism, journalism
Super Bowl does the Declaration of Independence
February 7th, 2011 — Comm203, Introduction to Journalism Tagged Declaration of Independence, Super Bowl
Introducing The Daily
February 5th, 2011 — Comm203, Introduction to Journalism Tagged media, newspapers, Rupert Murdoch, The Daily