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Seeing the Light on Citizen Journalism: Occupy LA Coverage

I’m going to be honest. I never really jumped on the citizen journalism bandwagon. Given the choice between a professionally turned story and a CJ-turned story, I’m picking the professional story 99 times out of 100. It’s nothing personal against citizen journalists, and I realize they’ve done some very good work. It just isn’t my [...]

About Dale.

Dale Blasingame is the social media director at Beacon Internet Services, a search engine/social media optimization company in San Antonio.

He spent nine years as a producer at News 4 WOAI, where he won two Emmy awards for Best Newscast in Texas. He was a newsroom leader in recognizing the advantages of social media for television stations.

Dale recently received his master’s degree in New Media from Texas State University. His thesis was entitled “Gatejumping: Twitter, TV News and the Delivery of Breaking News.” He also recently presented his research to academics and professionals alike at the International Symposium on Online Journalism.

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