Thursday Sharif Durhams, social media editor at The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, gave my journalism class a presentation about his job experience with social media. Durhams says his job is composed of three parts: working a a reporter for the newspaper's Twitter account, NewHub; directing other social media accounts such as Facebook and Google+; and looking forward toward new things such as Pinterest.
Durhams presentation also discussed how the Journal-Sentinel used Twitter to cover Madison politics last year. I always knew that Twitter could be a great journalist tool, but the way he talked about using it to analyze Scott Walker's Twitter account behavior was very interesting.
I found this guest speaker to be very helpful and informative. As a contemporary journalism student, you always hear about how helpful social media can be in the workplace. You always hear it, but hardly see it. However, Durhams made it perfectly clear that Twittter is more than just a phenomenon and it is not going anywhere for some time.
Durhams presentation also discussed how the Journal-Sentinel used Twitter to cover Madison politics last year. I always knew that Twitter could be a great journalist tool, but the way he talked about using it to analyze Scott Walker's Twitter account behavior was very interesting.
I found this guest speaker to be very helpful and informative. As a contemporary journalism student, you always hear about how helpful social media can be in the workplace. You always hear it, but hardly see it. However, Durhams made it perfectly clear that Twittter is more than just a phenomenon and it is not going anywhere for some time.