Social media have transformed the way news is gathered and consumed, but over-reliance on technology can get in the way of excellent journalism, says Rebecca MacKinnon, former CNN journalist, activist and co-founder of Global Voices Online.
In a news world increasingly dominated by quick blog posts, Atul Singh, founder and editor-in-chief of Fair Observer, believes there is room for in-depth analysis.
Octaviar Nasr and other journalists discussed how young people are driving protests and activism in Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain at UNICEF's annual Middle East and North Africa Regional Media Forum in Dubai.
Indrani Sen, editor for The New York Times blog The Local, discusses a teen journalism workshop held in Brooklyn July 25-27 and offers some advice on citizen journalism.
Journalism may not be brain surgery, but a report by the Federal Communications Commission recommends that aspiring reporters go through residency programs just as doctors do.
No crystal ball can predict the future of journalism, but students at Columbia University are using multimedia to better understand their own future in the profession.
A reader of Media Helping Media from Southeast Asia contacted the site asking for some tips on becoming a journalist. There must have been thousands of such tips passed on over the years, but rather than hunt around for material others had written, David Brewer thought it was worth bashing out the first 50 that came to mind.
