Strategic Thinking Act 2--Future of Journalism

Our assignment this week was to plot out the future of journalism and public opinion. I am looking at the matrix of those who read in-depth and those who react to social media posts. Here is what I came up with. Opinions count so post your reaction Quick/Social information vs. In-depth reporting Social media provides quick immediate information about what is happening in the world around the reporter. In-depth news articles will be longer, with links to background information and will have been created after a period of time from the incident. In-depth Reporting Social Media Deep readers Take the time to read and follow links for more info Will read and then go get background information Surface readers Breeze over quickly Will quickly react to events posted Social media provides an immediate burst of information without always providing the background information. This can put the information out of context and create an emotional reaction to the event. In-depth information takes longer to produce but will have more of the background information to enable the reader to make an informed opinion of the situation. I am going to post this but obviously I need work on creating tables in blog posts!

After a long and very lazy delay I am planning on getting going again on this blog. Trying to keep my mind from atrophy;) I am taking my third MOOC this one is on Strategic Thinking! My goal "again" is to post weekly about what I have been reading about in the Library articles I read or topics discussed in the MOOC. Thanks for your interst in my work.