Evolution and revolution: Journalism.co.uk speaks to the head of social media at Al Jazeera about some of the key moments in reporting elections, protests and revolutions
The term 'social media' for me and for Al Jazeera does not just mean Twitter and Facebook, it means a form of communication that people are using in order to tell a storyRiyaad Minty
The term 'social media' for me and for Al Jazeera does not just mean Twitter and Facebook, it means a form of communication that people are using in order to tell a story
We look to how we empower people to tell stories that matter, putting their stories at the centre of everything that we do, and we contextualise them for a global audienceRiyaad Minty
We look to how we empower people to tell stories that matter, putting their stories at the centre of everything that we do, and we contextualise them for a global audience
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