By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on April 11, 2023 I know social media platforms were conceived as tools for social networking. To a large extent, they still are. Over the past ten years, however, I have discovered that these digital platforms have another, perhaps even more important, use. They are empowerment tools for independent journalists. Digital media platforms have become the ultimate tools for journalist like me to write, publish, and distribute art