More data: Reporters rely on socia media
According to a post by Larry Bodine, an overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. Larry gets his data from a national survey conducted by Cision and Don Bates of George Washington University.
89 percent use blogs for story research
65 percent use social networks for story research
61 percent use Wikipedia for story research
52 percent use microblogs like Twitter for story research
Mainstream media have clearly hit a tipping point in their reliance on social media for research and reporting. What do reporters and editors find out about you when they search these sources while researching and writing an article?
Have you populated blogs, social networks, content sites, Wikis and Twitter with the kind of informative, useful content that positions you as a reputable source for a reporter or editor?
Create good content. Post it on sites that accept user-generated content.
