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MSNBC shows that the media can adapt: MSNBC grabs Breaking News Twitter account

by Tris Hussey on December 2, 2009 · 0 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Social Media, Web 2.0

We often talk about the old guard media outlets having trouble adapting to “new media”, I think we pushed old media into such a corner that they either just crawled into the walls or came out swinging. MSNBC seems to be doing the later with the news that MSNBC scooped up the Breaking News Twitter account.
Breaking News has done a superior job at reporting news since it started, what only a year or two ago? Earlier this year they announced plans for paid/premium offerings and from the BBC article, it [...]

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Media Democracy Day Panels: Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination & The Battle for New Media and Open Communication

by Tris Hussey on October 25, 2008 · 9 comments

in Citizen Journalism, Photography, Social Media, Web 2.0

I had a great time today at Media Democracy Day. I didn’t get there until after lunch time, but I managed to catch a couple panels and live tweeted them.
First was:
Journalism in a time of Big Media Domination
In much of the traditional media, newsrooms are being squeezed, local coverage diminished, and serious journalism abandoned. What does this mean for journalists and journalism as a whole? What are the challenges and opportunities? Could this void be filled by independent reporters and innovative journalism projects? In a media system dominated by [...]

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