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This is the third article in a four-part series and provides social media tips, that are simple, and fast adjustments you can make today.

With the digital age rapidly changing journalism, it’s difficult for journalists and journalism educators to stay abreast of new innovations and technologies. “The digital age has turned journalism upside down and inside out,” says Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at the Knight Foundation.

Digital storytelling is a robust industry in our region of the Midwest. It is an industry poised for even greater growth in the near future. On June 21st, KCSourcelink hosted the Kansas City Digital Storytelling Forum with support from Hallmark Cards, the University of Missouri’s Media of the Future program, The Mid-America Regional Council, the Full Employment Council, the Reynolds Journalism Institute and several other program partners.

Ex-network TV producer Steven Rosenbaum, in a new book, "Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers are Creators." argues the information stream is growing so fast we are being overwhelmed. The value of journalists will be in curating the stream. The role is not new.

Net2TV Corporation is teaming up with Newsy, the leading independent online and mobile video news service, to deliver a television newscast on its free, cloud-based Portico TV service. The 30-minute “Newsy in 30” program will feature world and domestic news, politics, science, health, entertainment and sports.

Newspaper subscribers are increasingly using smartphones and tablets while retaining a strong attachment to print, according to the latest mobile media survey from RJI.

Breeze Richardson, director of strategic partnerships at Chicago Public Media (WBEZ-Chicago), provides a detailed explanation of how her organization is developing specific metrics to measure a full range of engagement with the community it serves.