Why is respected news brands good news for Twitter?

It makes the news that people receive for authentic as most new brands have to make sure they are truthful. If someone were to see something on twitter, someone tweeting about an event, people would probably search it up on news websites as it is authentic and more reassuring for the audience.  

Why in turn is Twitter good for respected news brands?

In a way, twitter has helped them reassure new brands as twitter is famous now and people are most likely to find out about news  websites and help them gain popularity.

The report suggests that old and new media “are not, in fact, in direct competition, but often work extremely well together to enhance both the media eco-system and the consumer experience”. What evidence do they provide to support this idea? Do you agree with it? Taking for example what happened to Mike Brown, people on twitter that were using the hashtag were basing their tweets on what the news reported as well as citizen journalism, and the news was using what it was seen on twitter to make news.

Do you think the increasing amount of gossip or banter is harming the reputation of news and journalists?

I think the amount of gossip and banter is harshly effecting the reputation of news and journalists. This because just mocking a journalist possibly on twitter could cause the denigration of a journalist and the gossip that could possibly go around about a news report could end up ending careers.

Finally, do you think new and digital media developments such as Twitter have had a positive or negative impact on traditional newspapers?

I think it highly does have a positive impact as it helps to reach a wider audience and it helps new papers online websites to reach a wider audience. However it also does have a negative impact as it causes less people to purchase the news paper.

Lecture :

Twitter has become more important as the years have gone by. People can now get careers just by using social networks. He also mentioned how easy it is to become a journalist nowadays. He said that it’d be better for someone to major in something else other than journalism, this because as he said it’s better to bring something new to the table.

Owen Jones, in the other hand, was talking about how the elite still have power and this power effects how the working class appears to be. The working class appearance has worsened as the elite wants to make it seem like the working class are feeding off the government money when really and truly this is not the case. 

Peter Greste: lawyer says release not imminent as deportation request lodged

Journalist Peter Greste has formally lodged paperwork with the Egyptian government, seeking his deportation from the country where he has been imprisoned for more than a year. But his release from prison could still be weeks or months away, as the new presidential power to deport foreign prisoners is tested for the first time. “But we’ve not received any formal indications that a deal has been done,” Flynn said. “We understand that there are ongoing discussions with respect to the application going on between Dfat and their Egyptian counterparts.”

This story is basically based on the fact that Peter has been prisoned in an Arabic country and he wants to try get back in Australia. His family has also filed a report to ask for him back. Everyone thought that maybe he was one step closer to get back to Australia however the changes in the government shows that this might take longer than expected. 

Yemeni reporter killed - the first journalistic fatality of 2015

The reporter died on Sunday (4 January) in the city of Dhamar, south of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. He was one of the four victims of a roadside bomb blast, allegedly carried out by a group called Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

 The other three victims were members of a local police force created by the Houthi militia. Houthis are a Shia sect of Islam.

In my opinion this shows how inequality still exists till this day. Terrorists groups still have the opportunity to do whatever they want and this just shows how the Arabic government isn't strict enough on terrorists activities. The president said, Jim Boumelha, said: “We condemn the killing of al Washali … This killing is a reminder of the mindless violence which continues to prey on unsuspecting members of the public attending events and journalists covering them.”