journalists and their sources: rethinking the relationship
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Journalists and their sources: Rethinking the relationship
in social media spaces
Seth LewisUniversity of Minnesota–Twin Cities
@sethclewis | sethlewis.org
Journalism and participation
Twitter as a space forparticipatory journalism
“ambient journalism”
ambient journalism
“… broad, asynchronous, lightweight and always-on communication systems are creating new kinds of
interactions around the news…”
“… multi-faceted and fragmented news experience, where citizens are producing small pieces of content that can be collectively considered as journalism. It
acknowledges the audience as both a receiver and a sender.”
—Alfred Hermida (@hermida)
What happens to journalism and sourcing in this new space?
Let’s go back a few months…
“I’m another flavor of journalist.”
“Is this the world’s best Twitter account?”
—Columbia Journalism Review, April 8 [link]
HowAndy Carvin
does his work
and how it amplifies
certain voices
Questions for discussion
• How do you handle sourcing?• How does your work become the “source”?• How do you deal with verification? etc.• Benefits/challenges of social media for
sourcing?