Social Media Club Los Angeles – SMCLA

Citizen Journalism Panel Recap

The citizen journalists of SMCLA met face to face with a panel of professional journalists this week at the Mahalo offices in Santa Monica to discuss “Citizen Journalism: How Social Media Effects How We Report and Consume News“.
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On Citizen Journalism
David: Citizen journalism has lots of future potential. Big skills needed [...]

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Citizen Journalism is Newsworthy

While we collect our notes from last night and review our favorite tweets from the event, check out this TV piece done by @GigiGraciette with Fox 11 News. Way to step it up with the interviews everybody! But wait, if the news is reporting about us talking about the news, isn’t that some [...]

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Meet the Panelists – Citizen Journalism

Tonight’s panel on citizen journalism brings together a great group of sharp new media experts from LA Weekly, LA Times, LAist.com, Topix and REALPolitech. We’re really looking forward to hearing what these guys have to say about citizen journalism and the affect social media has had on how we report and consume news. [...]

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Panelists for July 13th SMCLA Panel Announced

The July 13th Social Media Club Panel on “Citizen Journalism” (7pm – 9pm at the Mahalo offices in Santa Monica) will feature an awesome panel of new and traditional media representatives ready to answer some of our most pressing questions about where it’s all headed and what we can do about it.

What is “citizen journalism”?
How [...]

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SMCLA Panel – Citizen Journalism: Social Media’s Effect on How we Report and Consume News

Mahalo Offices, 902 Colorado Blvd., Santa Monica CA – July 13, 2009 7pm – 9pm
More and more people are turning to social media as the first place they look for breaking news.  Pictures and videos from newsworthy events make it to the web via mobile phones and hand held devices and first hand accounts [...]

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