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World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee releases World Wide Web browser and server software. "The Web does not just connect machines, it connects people."
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Online News Outlets
Electronic Telegraph and Drudge Report launch--bringing news to the electronic masses. "We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be."
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The Birth of the Blog
A free software called Blogger is launched by Pyra Labs, allowing anyone to easily start a blog. "Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud."
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September 11, 2001
After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, users swarm the Internet for information. "On September 11, 2001, for example, major news sites in the U.S. received millions of visitors immediately after the WTC and Pentagon were attacked: CNN.com alone received 162 million page views — nearly a dozen times higher than on a typical day of the site."
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The Blog Years
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Now Hear This! Podcasts go Mainstream
ITunes adds podcasts to its jukebox and podcasts take off. "The medium of podcasting and the personal nature of it, the relationship you build with your listeners and the relationship they have with you - they could be just sitting there, chuckling and listening... there's nothing like that." ~Marc Maron -
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Putting the Media in Social Media
*Mainstream media begins using social media to report the news.
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Let it Leak
WikiLeaks, war logs, and Cablegate indicate a growing interest in data journalism. "WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner." ~Evgeny Morozov -
Bring it on(line)!
Online news consumption and advertising surpasses print for the first time in U.S. -
The Gold Standard
The New York Times Publishes "Snow Fall," an immersive, multimedia longform article. It becomes the gold standard for multimedia journalism and wins 2 Pulitzers. -
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Hacks Take Center Stage
Edward Snowden (2012), The Ripa Act (2014), Sony Pictures (2014) all get hacked, increasing concerns over privacy and information security. -
Podcasts 2.0
The podcast Serial reaches 5 million downloads or streams in record time and the genre is reinvigorated. "Seemingly out of nowhere, a podcast about convicted murderer Adnan Syed became the talking point at offices and on internet forums around the world."
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Live Video for the Win
Meerkat, Periscope, and Facebook all launch live video apps. Live video becomes a central element in online publishing. "I see video as a mega trend, same order as mobile,"
~Mark Zuckerberg -
News on the Move
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From Mainstream to Online Only
The Independent newspaper in the UK goes online only. -
It's a War Zone
Live streaming in Turkey and Aleppo bring tragedy into our social media streams and allow citizens to get the story out in the absence of journalists. "Citizen journalism is rapidly emerging as an invaluable part of delivering the news... the ability to commit acts of journalism is spreading to everyone."
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Fake News--it's Everywhere
The 2016 U.S. presidential election puts fake news in the spotlight. Facebook promises new measures to tackle the issue. "Fake news is a big thing in the field of Social Media Journalism. Fake news can be as simple has spreading misinformation.or as dangerous as smearing hateful propaganda."
~Fabrizio Moreira
