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By: Eva Caiden

Eva Caiden — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:03:39 +0000

I completely agree with what you are saying. I’m on the magazine course at Cardiff, and from the onset we have had to blog, tweet and expore the digital world and its potential as a “shop front” for our work.

When we set up Twitter accounts in September, we were skeptical about its use. But as our Online lecturer pointed out, Twitter is only as good as the network of people you have within it.

Since I have taken time to tweet and add contacts, I’ve had questions answered as well as increased traffic to my blog.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:44:03 +0000

This is a really good summation of how it is vital for journalism students to be involved in social media and create an online identity.

I am also studying at City and one requirement is for us to set up a blog. We are urged to join up to twitter, delicious (etc etc) and buy our own domain name. For students who have chosen initially to work in print journalism this has sometimes been a bit of a struggle but I think everybody understands the importance of our online brand. There is no doubt that the future of journalism is online.

Twitter has provided me with quite a few stories since I signed up, it has increased traffic to my blog and really built up my contact base. On top of this, the ability to share information with professional journalists is invaluable.

If any student is going to survive in the (to be frank rather bleak) industry of journalism at the moment, it seems ridiculous not to be present and involved in the online community.