Richard Prince’s March 24 Journal-isms Roundtable

Can journalists survive, thrive in this new environment of social media & social media influencers?

Recent studies show more people are turning to independent creators, journalists and influencers on platforms like YouTube, Substack and TikTok for news and information.

A recent Pew survey found that 37% of 18–29 year olds and 26% of 30–49 year olds in the U.S. say they regularly get news from social media influencers. This comes along with surveys about diminishing trust in media, reduced readership and record newsroom closures in the last decade.

Journal-ism Roundtable Panelists:

• Meredith D. Clark, Ph.D, researcher, journalist, teacher, media consultant and author of “We Tried to Tell Y’all: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives.”

• Adriana Lacy, who has spent more than a decade working in audience engagement, including working at The New York Times and Axios, and now heads her own consulting agency to help newsrooms adopt the best practices of creator journalism.
• Philip Lewis, deputy…