How do Emerging Technologies Affect Journalism?

New technologies such as social media impact every aspect of our lives, and this is especially so for journalists and the news. Social media is now used by many journalists and television news reporters to add depth to a story. You are now just as likely to see a post or video in the news as a quote from someone in person. For example, with the recent focus on police brutality, many of the protested situations, such as Eric Garner were posted about on social media. Social media has also impacted exposure, with many non-newspaper journalistic websites popping up only on the internet, journalists have more opportunities now than ever. News websites like Yahoo, even satirical examples like The Onion have popped up through social media, and even televised or newspaper networks have websites and twitter accounts (New York Times, Daily News etc.)