I have been lucky. Over the course of the past couple of years I have had the great fortune to meet a number of brilliant, deeply thoughtful, sharply intelligent, way too self-depreciating and very generous journalists working at the forefront of the changes in journalism. Many of them (though far from all) were participants in the The Journalism Leaders Programme at the Department of Journalism of the University of Central Lancashire.
So, I thought, lets see what they have to say about the growth of social media, the new way of developing stories it offers and the challenges it poses. In a series of Skype conversations I am asking them. It is no coincidence that the first interviews are with journalists from the Trinity-Mirror group as they had the far-sightedness have a bespoke course for the next generation of industry leaders.
First out is Alison Gow. Alison is the Deputy Editor (digital) for the Liverpool Daily Post and Liverpool Daily Echo in the UK. Alison talks about why journalists should use social media tools, which tools she uses, how stories have been broken through social media and how they have played out across platforms.
Alison also discusses whether or not to have separate feeds for news and conversation and separate Twitter accounts for professional and personal use.
And much more.
Alison writes the Headlines and Deadlines blog which is required reading for anyone interested in digital development of the UK regional press.
The sound is a bit scrappy but gets better.
There several video components to the interviews which will be published here (as I edit them :-) )
Alison on the basic tools journalists need:
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