Rob Quigley, Austin-American Statesman Social Media Director, Dave Doolittle, Austin-American Statesman internet editor and Elisa Hu, Texas Tribune reporter spoke about social media and it's role in an evolving print world.
They believe that even though new technology has distracted readers from newspapers, they have found a way to use it to their advantage.
Quigley told students that even though twitter might be replaced in the future, microblogging is here to stay. He urged students to keep up with social media trends like, google wave.
To illustrate the effectiveness of social media he pulled up the Statesman Twitter account on the projector and posted, "Speaking to students at Texas State about journalism and social media for #mcweek. Say hi!" From time to time he'd refresh the page to show live feed back.
Hu says posting on twitter has made journalism stronger, "Makes us more careful, we overcompensate making sure that we’re accurate over verify, made me a better journalist, makes me over verify stuff."
She told students that Twitter is a valuable source for crowdsourcing. She mentioned a story in which she was writing about solar panels and sent out a tweet asking if anyone had solar panels. The response was immediate and abundant.
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