Special issue of Electronic Journal of Communication: Social Media in News Discourse Guest Edited by Donald Matheson As professional media producers pay more attention to social media, from personal blog entries and tweets to Facebook updates and YouTube videos, journalists are faced with numerous decisions. Among these are how to integrate personal and often-relationship-focused media with the public and fact-centered discourse of the news. This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication invites contributions exploring the conventions that are emerging around the use of social media by news organisations, and the implications of those conventions for public communication. Contributions will have as their central concern whether or not the encounter with social media is changing aspects of news journalism. Deadline for completed manuscripts is November 20, 2010. For the complete call for papers, see http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/socmedia_news.htm. For more information about the issue contact Donald Matheson at donald.matheson@canterbury.ac.nz<mailto:donald.matheson@canterbury.ac.nz> Teresa M. Harrison Managing Editor, EJC Professor of Communication University at Albany, SUNY Albany, NY 12222 Voice: 518-442-4883 Fax: 518-442-3884 email: harrison@albany.edu