In the age of "Here Comes Everybody," who decides what is news?

1. Twilight of the
gatekeepers
In the age of ”Here Comes Everybody,”
who decides what is news?

2. John F. Kennedy

3. Rodney King video

4. Matt Drudge

5. 9/11

6. Indonesian tsunami (2004)

7. London subway bombings (2005)

8. Mumbai terrorist attacks (2008)

9. Mayhill Fowler

10. Citizen media and the Arab Spring

11. Boston Marathon bombing (2013)

12. Ferguson demonstrations (2014)

13. Diamond Reynolds
and Philando Castile (2016)

14. Discussion
• Has the rise of citizen media made us better
informed? More misinformed? Both?

15. Discussion
• Has the rise of citizen media made us better
informed? More misinformed? Both?
• How should a news organization approach citizen
media in the midst of a breaking-news event?

16. Discussion
• Has the rise of citizen media made us better
informed? More misinformed? Both?
• How should a news organization approach citizen
media in the midst of a breaking-news event?
• Kovach and Rosenstiel write about the value of
original reporting. How does aggregation and
curation fit into that?