I decided to read the posts on What is Journalism's Place in Social Media? and Don't Fear Twitter.
What I learned from the two is something I think I already understood. Social media is not in place to subtract to journalism; it is there to add to journalism. The examples brought up in the latter article were a perfect explanation of the different aspect provided by social media. I liked the Twitter posts the author brought up in his article. I'm sure they received a bunch of responses, likes and re-tweets.
As for journalism's place in the future, the first article backs up exactly what Dr. Wachanga has said in class. We as citizens are all journalists but the validity of social media posts will always be questioned. Therefore, we need traditional journalism outlets to pick up stories in order for them to be believed. The Tiger Woods scandal is a great example of this. National Enquirer was the first to break any sort of story on Tiger's infidelity. It wasn't until traditional media outlets took a look into the story and Tiger's Thanksgiving accident for the story to truly break out and become accepeted by a worldwide audience as a fact.
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