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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

Almost half of all Americans (47%) now get some form of local news on a mobile device. Apple released the first iPad in April of 2010 and sold 3 million within 80 days. 3 out of 5 tablet owners consume news on their tablets and many news publications have created a tablet app. What does that mean?

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Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Yup, you can’t just chat with people on Twitter and broadcast on Facebook. After all, there are millions of other users — like grandma who doesn’t even own an iPad, let alone a computer — who can still harness its potential. Social media marketing of four years ago, when nobody was around, was simply easier.

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The Future of Blogging: I Had to Tell You This

Viper Chill

According to this piece in the New Yorker, the Mail Online brought in twenty-five million dollars last year, but still didn’t produce a profit. This transition happened most notably in parallel with the rise of Twitter and Facebook as platforms to share content. Sadly for MG, Twitter and Facebook are far bigger platforms.

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