Audience & Social
The News Hub: a bridge between social media and journalism?
Taking ideas from Reddit, Twitter and Facebook, The News Hub is taking a new approach to harnessing the power of the internet for journalism...
citizen journalism
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Is Social Media the answer to solving crimes?
This morning the Boston Police Force accredited social media for their increase in crime solving. The Boston Police Department has seen a rise in crime solving tips thanks to social media and the department’s large Twitter following. The Boston Police Force has more than 39,200 followers on Twitter.
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Interhacktives: what we've got planned
The relationship between journalists and their readership has shifted massively over the past 5-10 years. It’s now increasingly common for newspapers to employ community managers to oversee their social media presence. And reporters themselves are getting stuck into the worlds of Twitter and Facebook – exploiting both as a
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The Guardian News Lists, citizen journalism in action?
Neha-Tamara Patel This week The Guardian opened up its news lists in an experiment in citizen journalism. The paper’s website calls for readers to ‘help shape the Guardian's news coverage by talking to editors and reporters about upcoming stories as [they] work on them’. Readers are