This post is part of the NH Field Trip series.
One of the places we visited on the first day of the trip was the Concord Monitor in order to chat with online editor Meg Heckman. We mostly discussed the how online news and social media changes the way people take in the US political scene. She explained that one of the challenges with web content is source verification, citing the ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ case. Another example she used for this issue is the authenticity of politician’s tweets ; there is a general idea that social media democratizes opinions but the person behind a politician’s tweets may in fact just be their publicist. This made me question whether in addition to speech writers, we will establish positions for writers who specifically provide content for shorter announcements through tweets and Facebook status updates.
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