My Reflections on Storify

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Tech writer, Lianne Cassavoy, describes Storify as a mixture of many different social media platforms: "a dash of Tumblr, and mix in a cup of Pinterest.  Sprinkle it with Facebook and top it off with Twitter, and you'd have Storify".  The new journalism platform was launched five years ago by Burt Herman and Xavier Damman, who had the vision that there are voices on social media that deserve to be published on mainstream media; Storify users curate these voices and turn them into stories.

Defamation and Libel on Twitter

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One part of my university course that has really grabbed my interest was when we studied the legal and ethical aspects of journalism, in particular, defamation and libel. Having never studied this side to journalism before, I was shocked by how common it is for people to be sued for publishing harmful information about another person, especially on social media sites like Twitter.

The Importance of Photojournalism in News Articles

Could Photojournalists be becoming more important than traditional Journalists?

Whoever said that a picture can say a thousand words was definitely not wrong.  Today, you rarely see a media piece that isn't illustrated by at least one image; pictures are the deciding factor that make or break an interesting article.  Photojournalism has been an integral part of journalism ever since the camera was first invented.  You only have to type 'photojournalism images' into Google for evidence that the profession has absolutely no signs of slowing up.