Testing the Waters

Well here it is, my first post for Online Journalism. I must admit that I'm a little apprehensive about blogging and tweeting and storify-ing and tumbler-ing and a number of other social media websites-ering that I'm sure exist but that I don't even know about yet!

I dabbled in twitter a few years ago but it never really caught on in my life. But I guess for the sake of graduating with a semi-ok GPA, that's all about to change and I am about to wholeheartedly embrace the online world. 


And I can definitely understand why I need to embrace it.... For journalists, it really isn't an option to not be on a whole range of social media sites in order to stay across what is happening both in the world (for news tips) and in the industry. 


We all know that the traditional print media is gradually becoming a thing of the past and online journalism will, in my opinion at least, totally replace print media some time in the next 50 years. I for one, love to read news but would only pick up a newspaper once every couple of months. Every morning, I wake up and check brisbanetimes.com.au on my mobile phone. Then, when I get to work I check the same website on my computer and usually once more on my phone before bed. This puts me smack bang on par with how most people use different devices (although my student budget doesn't allow for a tablet!)

So now that I've established that I access my news at times and on the same devices very similarl to lots of people in the world,  I am looking forward to delving further into the online world and seeing the different ways that people and journalists interact with social media and the news and whether I'm the norm or not. 

I think I'm in for a steep learning curve about social media in the next week so stay tuned and I'll let you know how I go.