Social Media revolution

It blows my mind to think about how the news and the media have changed in the last few years and with the boom of the internet how much information we can get. Although we have to really be careful of what kind of information is valid and is credible there’s just tons and tons of information out there. Facebook and twitter have also revolutionized they way we communicate and the information that we share.

I was surprised to see that during the bombing of the Mumbai Marriot hotel in India the first images that started going around the world were images and news feeds from people inside the hotel using twitter. Just minutes after the attacks the messages on twitter were running out of control at a rate of 70 news feeds every five seconds. But although this mediums can do a lot of god just getting the breaking news information to the people faster than anything else, this mediums (twitter, Facebook, etc) required the writers to transmit and report on news seconds after things happened and many think this can have a big impact on the credibility of the news they produce. Although I can agree with that I think that if you want real reporting you can rely to news channels but social media will definitely keep us updated of what’s the latest news and we cannot take that for granted. At the end is just what we do and how we take the information that is given to us what matters.

A day in the life of a journalist!

Well I wouldn’t be the best person to describe a typical day in the life of a journalist so anything that you read in this post may be far away from reality. Given that I am not a journalist I will just write from the perspective of an outsider… an spectator. I would say that there is no such thing like a typical day in the life of a journalist; as a journalist everyday is full of new challenges and stories to go and hunt, is like a new day for discoveries to reveal untold stories, is a day full of questions wanting to be answered and mysteries to be revealed. Although the above description my sound way away from reality and anyone would think I’m just going insane, I decided to write this blog following what I feel with no restrictions on the typical thinking ..Is this what the instructor wants me to write??? No, I feel I just wanted to write what I feel about the field of journalism.

Even though my field of study is business, (yeah I know boring ) I feel that journalist have to have passion for what they do. There is nothing better than a story well written whether is to uncover a case of corruption in the halls of Washington or a story about a boy who lived in the country with his poor family. The words can transmit that energy and passion and fury and many other feelings. I think of journalism as a public service in a different way, not just what the words “Public Service” Imply literally but also as a service to help people escape from the overwhelming day to day life that sometimes trapped us in. maybe that’s the reason why now days we have so many entrepreneurial journalists because they have that passion and commitment even tough making a living to support a family could be tough for them.