Comments on: Why Facebook is a better journalist than you are http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2006/11/700/why-facebook-is-the-new-journalism/ A daily newsmagazine of campus and culture for Northwestern University. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:08:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Spencer http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2006/11/700/why-facebook-is-the-new-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Spencer Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:11:53 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2006/11/700/why-facebook-is-the-new-journalism/#comment-501 You're totally right, Tom. I realized this morning: the first thing I want to know when I wake up(besides whether there have been any new posts on NBN of course) is whether anything has changed in my social life. So, I check my email, facebook, and friends' blogs before logging onto any "real" news site. You’re totally right, Tom. I realized this morning: the first thing I want to know when I wake up(besides whether there have been any new posts on NBN of course) is whether anything has changed in my social life. So, I check my email, facebook, and friends’ blogs before logging onto any “real” news site.

]]> By: Andre Francisco http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2006/11/700/why-facebook-is-the-new-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Andre Francisco Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:49:14 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2006/11/700/why-facebook-is-the-new-journalism/#comment-492 This is a great observation. I was mostly with you for the whole piece but they I read the last line and was really amazed. This is the debate and this is the answer. Everyone praises "citizen journalism" and local reporting but that is what is missing. The why. Journalists just spend more time with a story, and in the world of news. They can provide the why. This is a great observation. I was mostly with you for the whole piece but they I read the last line and was really amazed. This is the debate and this is the answer. Everyone praises “citizen journalism” and local reporting but that is what is missing. The why. Journalists just spend more time with a story, and in the world of news. They can provide the why.

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