Russell, associate professor of digital media studies and co-director of DU’s Institute for Digital Humanities, says she saw the news-media revolution coming as a graduate student in the listserv activity that surrounded the Zapatista uprising in Mexico. “I knew things were changing in 1995. I saw the strength of the information network built by the Zapatista rebels and their supporters,” she says. “Today, activists and everyday people shape the news and historic events through media use to an extent unimaginable before the web. Look at the events we call the ‘Arab Spring.’ The people were protesters and reporters. Journalists can no longer do their job without tapping into user-populated web networks.” (via Media professor offers new look at new journalism | DU Today)