ABSTRACT
As president and editor in chief of The Huffington Post and its media group, Arianna Huffington has been at the forefront of redefining journalism through an online business model. When asked to define journalism by Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), Huffington was not alone in moving beyond the traditional who, what, when, where, why and how listing of questions. Alexander Jutkowitz (@GroupSJR), Group SJR managing partner, said that the digital age affords people and organizations a way to share:
Journalism happens when someone tells a compelling true story. Period. The practice need not be limited to an elite group of professionals called “journalists,” but those who attempt it must tell great stories and share knowledge. A tongue-in-cheek essay, an infographic that makes a complicated topic instantly accessible, or an in-depth piece of reporting that teaches, inspires, or revealsall of these things make people smarter and better able to navigate the world. That, in turn, makes societies better. (CJR, 2013, para. 2)
David Cohn (@Digidave), editor of mobile news startup Circa, added that social media may be considered a buzz word because traditional media also were social: “To be a journalist is to collect, filter, and distribute information that serves as social glue for a community” (para. 16).
