The account, started by a 24-year-old special projects editor, uses a combination of partner footage, original reporting, and tongue-in-cheek humor to deliver news.
Plus: How news organizations use TikTok, challenges in covering white nationalism, newsbot–audience communication, and the organizational behavior of Russia Today.
“When I was a beat reporter, I used to look at national news and say: How can I localize this? I feel like this is the other way around: What’s going on in our community that people can relate to across all platforms?”
What’s the best way to follow how the news is changing?
Our daily email, with all the freshest future-of-journalism news.
Schmidt, Christine. "Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 Jun. 2019. Web. 21 Oct. 2021.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Jun. 18). Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 21, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/meet-tiktok-how-the-washington-post-nbc-news-and-the-dallas-morning-news-are-using-the-of-the-moment-platform/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 18, 2019. Accessed October 21, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/meet-tiktok-how-the-washington-post-nbc-news-and-the-dallas-morning-news-are-using-the-of-the-moment-platform/.
Wikipedia
{{cite web
| url = https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/meet-tiktok-how-the-washington-post-nbc-news-and-the-dallas-morning-news-are-using-the-of-the-moment-platform/
| title = Meet TikTok: How The Washington Post, NBC News, and The Dallas Morning News are using the of-the-moment platform
| last = Schmidt
| first = Christine
| work = [[Nieman Journalism Lab]]
| date = 18 June 2019
| accessdate = 21 October 2021
| ref = {{harvid|Schmidt|2019}}
}}
