Social media has
turned the tables, we all journalists.
Gotta give it up to
everyone who joined me on my first blog post yeah!! it did give me butterflies to
read your comments. now let’s push the envelope and up the game.
Do we still need professional journalist on the age of
Social media?
Nop!!! As a social network freak I don’t
remember when last did I bought myself a copy of a newspaper, it is pretty
simple to understand this if this tsunami of social network has attacked your
life. Times have changed the audience have turned into what we call citizen journalist,
we no longer depending on professional journalist for current affairs.
Immediately when the incidents happens all self-appointed journo have their
gadgets in hands ready to capture and be the first ones to break the ICE. Citizen
journalist are known as private individuals who do essentially what
professionals journalist do report news in all platforms via social networks www.journalism.about.com
In the past years we have seen cases
where media houses kills stories because it does not favor or suits their
publication. I think it’s a good thing that social media have allowed us to
tell the stories as they are without fear or favor, us citizen journos we not
concern ourselves with any office politics. As citizen journalists we not
influenced by any sort of intimidation because we don’t need to go explain
ourselves to our bosses why we think this story should be published. The only
thing we concern ourselves with is getting the word out to the world. Is this a strategy we using to get more followers on
social networks? #ThinkingOutLoud
On August 5, 2014 my friend and I where going
for a bus in Braamfontein to get on campus, as we walk pass Mandela bridge I felt a strange movements and Linda was like
“relax friend its just the trains moving under the bridge” but the movements continued
for a while and I started to be worried but I let it pass, by the time I
go through my phone and check twitter the was a buzz already about the tremor
that just happened and by the time professional journalist updated this news on
their publication websites and social networks
it was already old news to us.
It is a good
thing that public relation practitioners now publish their press releases on their
organizations websites, because sooner or later print publication will end!
Social media is taking the world by storm. It is advisable as upcoming public
relation practitioners to familiarize ourselves with all these social networks
and teach ourselves to interact well with our follower.
Do
you have a different opinion or you want to add on this let’s talk
#SpeakYourMind
