Guest speaker Steve Molk's main idea in his lecture today, was that it is possible to say what you want on social media, and get recognised, as long as you work at it. He discussed how we, as journalism students, should start learning how to use all kinds of social media, and constantly work on our writing style, in order to give ourselves a head start for our future careers.
He discussed how twitter is now a major source for finding news, and that many public figures that use these types of media are now more accessible than ever before. Even as budding journalists, we have the power to speak our minds, and speak to those of importance on order to get our own questions answered.
Steve also mentioned that 5 years ago, blogging as a social media outlet, was nowhere near as popular as it is today, which proves that it is growing in both popularity, and acceptance as a recognised media outlet.
Opportunities for careers related to blogging are becoming more common, and the ability to write a blog is becoming a more sought after skill. He mentioned blogs such as his own http://molkstvtalk.com/, which started as simply writing stuff about something he liked, and growing to a recognised blog, with many of his articles being published in well known newspapers.
The main points that I took away from Steve's lecture, were that as a journalists, we should maintain our own personal opinion, and not be afraid to voice it. In light of this however, we must also be willing to listen to other people's opinions, whether they relate to ours or not, to stay level headed, and to keep writing.
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