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27 May 2013<\/p>\n
Margo Kingston, one of Australia\u2019s best-known political and investigative journalists, is partnering with Macquarie University to cover the upcoming Federal election using social media.<\/p>\n
Kingston was the first Australian journalist to use online media to bring the voice of citizen journalists into the mainstream media with her Sydney Morning Herald- based website\u00a0Webdiary<\/a>. Her new project will build on this legacy and explore the role Twitter now plays in public debate and journalism.<\/p>\n \u201cI see this as a successor to Webdiary,\u201d Kingston says. \u201cIt will be grounded in the same charter, values and ethics. It will be based on the citizen journalism model where I will work with citizens to report the news, investigate stories, comment and involve others citizens in commentary\u201d.<\/p>\n Professor Catharine Lumby, herself a former journalist, will work with Kingston to analyse the opportunities and challenges that Twitter and social media present to professional journalists.<\/p>\n \u201cSocial media is changing the way news is reported and analysed and this is a terrific opportunity to explore its impact on political reporting and democracy,\u201d says Professor Lumby.<\/p>\n Macquarie University is developing a Master of Future Journalism degree that will offer students the opportunity to marry traditional journalistic skills with social and online media skills. The degree is proposed to launch in 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cThe media landscape is changing rapidly and it\u2019s an exciting time to be researching the impact of new media technologies and platforms on journalism and public debate,\u201d says Lumby.<\/p>\n Media contact<\/span><\/p>\n Joanna Wheatley<\/strong> Catharine Lumby<\/strong> The Webdiary Story<\/a><\/p>\n
\n9850-1039
\njoanna.wheatley@mq.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n
\n0414 897 255
\ncatharine.lumby@mq.edu.au<\/a>
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