Live Blogging Osama bin Laden's Slaying

Aspiring online journalists got a real-life lesson in the power of Twitter in the news coverage of the slaying of Osama bin Laden. With news reports that a Twitter user in Abbottabad, Pakinstan unsuspectingly live blogged the takedown of the U.S.'s public enemy number one, students learned the power they hold in thier hands: social networks are just as powerful as news media networks.

Media Day Event at Bowie State University

The Washington Post, CBS Radio, WUSA9-TV Washington, Fleishman Hillard, Edelman, Booze Allen Hamilton and Radio-One media professionals will discuss "Survival in the New Media" at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. on March 17.

The Department of Communications is hosting the event for more than 200 students to learn first hand what it takes to remain relevant in this new age of multimedia, on-demand delivery, interactivity, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet-driven practices.