1. Journalists and their sources: Rethinking the relationshipin social media spaces Seth Lewis University of Minnesota–Twin Cities @sethclewis | sethlewis.org

2. Journalism and participation

3. Twitter as a space forparticipatory journalism

4. “ambient journalism”

5. ambient journalism“… broad, asynchronous, lightweight and always-on communication systems are creating new kinds of interactions around the news…”“… multi-faceted and fragmented news experience, where citizens are producing small pieces of content that can be collectively considered as journalism. It acknowledges the audience as both a receiver and a sender.”—Alfred Hermida (@hermida)

6. What happens to journalism and sourcing in this new space?

7. Let’s go back a few months…

9. “I’m another flavor of journalist.”

10. twitter.com/acarvin

13. “Is this the world’s best Twitter account?”—Columbia Journalism Review, April 8 [link]

14. HowAndy Carvin does his workand how it amplifies certain voices

15. Questions for discussion How do you handle sourcing? How does your work become the “source”? How do you deal with verification? etc. Benefits/challenges of social media for sourcing?