The Huffington Post and Social Media

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The Huffington Post & Social Media

How Twitter, Facebook & Regular People Are Changing The News

May 2005

The Huffington Post Launches

2008

First Local News Site in Chicago

February 2011

Purchased by AOL

Summer 2011

The Huffington Post LaunchesInterntaionally 

Breaking Important News Too

Covering Issues That Matter

Conversation and Community Come First

August 2011: Surpassed 100 million comments

A Leader On Social Media

Twitter 

It's All About Tone

It's All About Variety

It's All About Breaking News

Taking Conversation to Facebook

Innovating in Social Media

HuffPost Social News

Customized News

Example

The Gauge

 

Readers Get Involved 

Crowdsourcing 

Example

Showcasing Wit

Voting

 

Example

Games and Quizzes

Example

Everyone is a journalist now

So we have to adapt or die

OfftheBus

Sometimes Breaking Big Stories

Photographs and videos

Example

Asking For Help On Stories

 

Check us out:Huffingtonpost.com

Mandy JenkinsTwitter: @mjenkins

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