New media such as blogs, social networks, and tools like Twitter allow for more participatory, transparent, and democratic journalism that can better serve communities. While the printed medium is threatened, journalism itself is evolving through new processes and tools to deliver quality information by utilizing social networks and multimedia. Journalists can use social media like Twitter to engage in breaking news, build community, and tap collective knowledge while exploring other new media tools.

2. It is the printed medium that is threatened by the internet not journalism itself.

3. The process of developing quality journalism and how it is delivered is what is changing.

4. Journalism is not the product it is the process. It needs to evolve and make use of available tools to better serve the communities.

7. Twitter – social media, micro-blogging

9. Multimedia/Online Journalist Toolkit