Regina McCombs: How US Companies are Using Social Media Tools Like Twitter, Facebook and Digg in News Gathering

We grabbed the chance of her visiting Hamburg and at very short notice were able to win over Regina McCombs, renowned US-expert for online journalism, for a lecture plus discussion. The joint event of the Akademie für Publizistik, the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies and the Hans Bredow Institute took place at the University of Hamburg, Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies on Monday, 18 May 2009.

More and more news agencies in the United Stated of America use social networking tools in order to gather news as well as to spread their articles. Which role do Twitter, Facebook and others currently play, which services are most interesting for newspapers and TV stations and what trends are noticeable?

Regina McCombs teaches at the renowned School for Journalists, Poynter Institute, Florida, and is an expert for multimedia reporting, online journalism and web2.0 as well as a connoisseur of newspapers in the United States.

• Interview with ReginaMcCombs on OnlineJournalismus.de