Twitter and journalism: partners or enemies?
This event has taken place
View all upcoming events at Kingston University.
Time: 5.00pm
Price:
free
What can the medium of trolls, bots and pile-ons do for you as a journalist, and what can go wrong? Ash Sarkar, contributing editor at Novara Media, who as @AyoCaesar has 270,000 followers, will discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of Twitter for journalists with Roy Greenslade (@GreensladeR, 40,000 followers), who was once editor of the Daily Mirror and is now a professor at City University. Join the discussion, chaired by Professor Brian Cathcart (@BrianCathcart, a mere 12,000 followers).
To join this talk please use this link: MS Teams
There are three different options to join the event which depends on the device you will be using:
If you are joining your Microsoft Teams meeting via a browser on a Windows PC:
Click on the Teams Meeting link provided above and select ‘Join on the web instead' or ‘Continue on the Web' (depending on which browser you are using). Click on Join now, and you will join the meeting.
If you are joining your Microsoft Teams meeting via a browser on a MAC:
Please use Google Chrome or Firefox browsers (not Safari) to access your meeting. Copy and paste the Teams Meeting link below into your browser and join as a guest.
If you are accessing your Microsoft Teams meeting on a mobile device:
You will need to download the Microsoft Teams app from the App Store(iOS) or Google Store (Android). After the Teams app is downloaded, click on the Teams Meeting link provided above. This will open the Microsoft Teams app, select Join as a guest.
For further information about this event:
Contact: Beth Brewster
Email: B.Brewster@kingston.ac.uk