The Social Media.

This weeks class readings were about being able to report using different forms of media/things other than the actual TV/radio/print broadcast. These days, I have noticed a lot of TV news stations; newspapers, etc. have facebook fan pages and/or twitter. It is something that I think this is without question huge and a requirement with today’s “media savvy” world. The field of Journalism is indisputably evolving and changing the direction in which it is moving toward. Today’s Journalism field is completely different than what it was 30, 20 and even 5 years ago. Part of today’s Journalist requires a person to not only know how to write, shoot, edit, etc. you have to be able to understand and access twitter and/or facebook and other social networking sites, such as blogging. You have to be willing to adjust. 

Having interned within the field of TV media for many years now, I have clearly noticed that change within the newsroom and what the daily jobs as a TV reporter has become these days. Now, I know that at 7News, it is basically a requirement for the reporters and other newsroom workers to have a Twitter account—they even made me, an intern, create one! Apparently, Twitter is a great resource (if you follow the right people) to get news stories on the spot and fast. When I was at FOX25, they basically had the same requirement as well. Although, they didn’t make me create one like 7 did. There are so many journalists now that may break a story on twitter or facebook (especially during an off-air time) and then elaborate on the story when posting it. 

It really is safe to say that the Media industry definitely is not what it used to be. As Brian said, I too, think that it's both a good and bad thing. I feel that a lot of Media is going to continue with the social networking sites as a way to interact and really understand and “speak” to their audience—which, I feel is a pretty good idea. I think it's all very interesting to think how much things have evolved in the field of journalism in just a short time. Basically, it is because of how fast the technology/internet has expanded. Every single day, it seems we have something new within technology. We have to keep up somehow, right?!