Another set of newsroom guidelines on social media use by staff.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
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We spend time learning WHAT media workers do, but it's just as important to think about HOW they do it and WHY they do it. Let's get some ideas percolating about what we see and how it affects us. I call it "Sunrise on Media" because I often arrive at work obscenely early and will update this blog then.
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I totally agree with this article, we all need to be aware that what we put on facebook or say on twitter isn't just seen by our friends. and in the case of an editor or a reporter, they are still seen as such even while using social media and therefore still have an obligation to be unbiased. He should have made his account private or have just gotten rid of it a lot sooner. even while "off the clock" he still has a duty to the public
I totally agree with this article, we all need to be aware that what we put on facebook or say on twitter isn't just seen by our friends. and in the case of an editor or a reporter, they are still seen as such even while using social media and therefore still have an obligation to be unbiased. He should have made his account private or have just gotten rid of it a lot sooner. even while "off the clock" he still has a duty to the public
This article has similar ideas to one of our readings from this week: Poynter, Newsrooms Develop Social Networking Policies for Journalists on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter. The article states, "Even if you keep your page completely private, you must assume it's public and that people will use it to judge you and your newsroom." The Post editor, Raju Narisetti, realized this too late. The new guidelines for The Post's newsroom agrees with the statement made in the Poynter article and asks employees to refrain from publishing anything with bias on social media sites.
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