Social Media is NOT Journalism

Dave Heinzinger worked at Twitter(X) as the head of communications for the social media platform.

While many, including Elon Musk like to say that social media platforms are today’s journalism, Heinzinger doesn’t believe that.

In speaking with CNN, he says "The rhetoric around social platforms replacing journalism is not accurate or positive”.

Heinzinger went on to say. "Social media is not journalism. Social media platforms are a great place to do journalism, and there are fantastic journalists that are doing really great work on platforms, but the platforms themselves are not replacing the craft of journalism. The craft of journalism is different than sharing the raw feed."

We could not agree more.