Newsgroup: Social Media Guidelines
Interesting links that pertain to social media guidelines and best practices for news organizations.
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on December 26, 2009 at 12:43AM EST
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Are you a journalist 24/7? Does the company you work for own you? Does it harm your credibility as a journalist if you share personal opinions online? Are some opinions more appropriate to share than others?
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on November 24, 2009 at 2:06PM EST
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LAT releases updates to its social media guidelines.
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on October 31, 2009 at 1:36PM EDT
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A great post by Gina Chen with real-world examples and analysis.
Quote: I think ethics are ethics. You can’t have one set of rules for online and another for print. But I do think the medium impacts how we live out these philosophies, and I’ll get to that more later. When it comes to social media, one of the key questions becomes: If a journalist offers an opinion on Twitter, is that unethical? Does that violate some type of rule? Think about that...
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on October 26, 2009 at 2:29PM EDT
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Another view of how policies should be drafted. I don't agree with everything (i.e. "social media enthusiasts" shouldn't write policies -- then who? people who *don't* understand the tools?), but he has some good points.
Quote: "It's about how social media should be used to contribute to responsible, democratic journalism. Guidelines should not be ad hoc "fixes" to a particular problem. We need sober, nuanced, ethical thinking that takes the long view, not emotional arguments from social media enthusiasts."
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on October 15, 2009 at 9:15AM EDT
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What follows are some basic but important guidelines to help you as you deal with the changing world of gathering and reporting news, and to provide additional guidance on specific issues. These guidelines apply to every member of the News Division.
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on October 14, 2009 at 7:27PM EDT
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Pat Thornton examines The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer's new commenting policy, which "aims to end bigoted comments and trolling, while also encouraging staff members to engage users in meaningful discussions."
Quote: "Some people said that the comments are so bad, you should drop them," he said. "I never thought that, but if we're never going to respond to comments, what's the point?"
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on October 4, 2009 at 11:01PM EDT
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Paid Content has the full text of the new policies.
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on September 26, 2009 at 3:41PM EDT
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New Twitter guidelines from the Washington Post.
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on September 24, 2009 at 10:34AM EDT
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Excerpt: "With journalists and their employers increasingly active on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, news organizations are struggling to respond to a host of new ethics challenges."
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- Greg Linch of Publish2 linked this on August 22, 2009 at 1:00AM EDT
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Pat Thornton, writing after his experience with Beatblogging.org, discusses some methods for dealing with comments on news sits.
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