Robin J Phillips presented social media journalists tips for high school journalists at Wilkes University's 11th Annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference.

1. Social Media for Journalists Wilkes University 11th Annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference Robin J. Phillips @RobinJP on Twitter Web managing editor, The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

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3. So you want to be a journalist? Let's check out your tool bag.

5. Is it all just a fad?

7. Facebook has more than 574 million active users If Facebook users were citizens of a country, it would be the 3rd largest country in the world. 7% of Americans (17 million persons) actively use Twitter, while 41% maintain a profile page on Facebook. Twitter has 190 million users 3 years, 2 months, 1 day => 1 billionth Tweet Now => 1 billion Tweets in one week Average user has 130 friends

8. Social Media can help you reach new people

9. Each tool is different. Facebook is people you know. Twitter is people you may have more in common with.

10. 0.05% of Twitter users generate 50% of Twitter's content Important to tap into the 'right' people, helpful people.

11. Again. Ways journalists can use social media. Finding leads, noticing trends. Finding sources. Crowdsourcing stories. Giving a voice to the voiceless. Sharing, vetting stories. Creating a helpful community.

12. Ways journalists can use social media. Finding leads, noticing trends.

13. Ways journalists can use social media. Finding sources.

14. Ways journalists can use social media. Crowdsourcing stories.

15. Ways journalists can use social media. Giving a voice to the voiceless.

16. Ways journalists can use social media. Creating a helpful community.

17. Ways journalists can use social media. Sharing, vetting stories.

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