Renee Ernst is a producer of social programming for CNN, where she works with a team of journalists on posting, monitoring, and strategizing the cable news channel's myriad social media feeds. It's a job that makes her uniquely positioned to talk about one of the most pressing topics of our time: How can journalism and social media intersect in a meaningful, ethical, and edifying way? Here, Renee and I talk at length about this issue along with a whole host of other journalistic quandaries. A 2008 graduate from Rowan's journalism program, Renee also discusses how she ended up moving from her home state of Hawaii to Glassboro, New Jersey (hint: it has something to do with crashing her mom's car into a coconut tree), why she quit a promising job at the Asbury Park press and temporarily ventured into the world of public relations...in TEXAS, and how former Gov. Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal was the launching pad for her eventual role at CNN. If you want to learn more about Renee, her work, and her story, visit her website.

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