Alfred Hermida is an online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator.

The BBC veteran journalist leads the integrated journalism programme at the graduate School of Journalism of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. He was cited in NowPublic’s MostPublic Index on the web’s 20 most visible individuals in Vancouver.

Latest news:

Canwest News Service/Montreal Gazette
‘Neda’ death video puts pressure on Iran

CTV Canada AM
Iranians turn to social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook to make their voices heard

CTV News
Anti-government protesters in Iran use Twitter to co-ordinate and publicize their defiance

Latest research:

Hermida, Alfred. “The blogging BBC: Journalism blogs at ‘the world’s most trusted news organisation’”. Journalism Practice, first published 24 April 2009.

Commentary and analysis can be found on my blog:
Reportr.net