A new metaphor for online journalists: “information sherpa”
“The journalist as sherpa guides the info-mountaineer through the dizzying peaks and passes of the mountain of information, finding and presenting just the right information to help reach and stay on top of the mountain.”
Bryan Murley, assistant professor of new and emerging media at Eastern Illinois University

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