3 Social Media Skills They Should Teach In Journalism School - 10,000 Words - 1 views
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Not everyone sees the value in “live Tweeting/Facebooking” events or breaking news
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But I believe that we’re trending towards a more wide acceptance of the medium for reporting live events.
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When you’re the only person on the scene of a breaking news story, or the only person at the meeting, often that means you’re the only source of information available at that time
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This article details three social media skills that the author of the blog "10,000 words" believes should be taught in Journalism school. The author believes that Social Media should be brought into the curriculum in these schools. This author's three points are that twitter is a "story machine", live teeting/facebook events is a skill, and that content scheduling is king. In my opinion, these three points are very interesting, and important in terms of the future of education.