Social Media: News about social media that matters to journalism. Written by Jeff Sonderman. Suggest a story.
NPR today gave its journalists new ethics guidelines that include a refreshing set of social media policies other news organizations should take as a blueprint.
The Ethics Handbook thoroughly covers important standards like accuracy, fairness, honesty, impartiality and transparency… Read more
Social Media Week in New York ended last Friday night at Columbia University’s Journalism School, as social media editors, journalism students and social media aficionados continued conversations about guidelines and best practices that had occurred during a previous Social… Read more
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
When Gandhi said that famous line (if he did), he was describing the process of reform through nonviolent protest. But… Read more
Twitter’s director of content and programming, Chloe Sladden, talked about how the media are and should be using Twitter Wednesday afternoon in her keynote speech to Stanford’s Future of Media Conference.
[View the story "Chloe Sladden shares insight on how… Read more
Panel discussions about journalism and technology can be pretty hit-or-miss these days. This week, I saw a couple of hits.
In two Social Media Week panels Tuesday in Washington, D.C., O’Reilly Media’s Alex Howard (better known as @digiphile)… Read more
In professional newsrooms, certain roles have long struggled against marginalization. Reporters and editors initiate the storytelling process, to be later joined by photographers, designers and other specialists who often wish they had more involvement, sooner.
The modern newsroom has new… Read more
Every so often a major news outlet like the AP or BBC News issues new guidelines about whether to break news on Twitter, and media blogs erupt with a simultaneous “Of course you should!”
Let’s move past the should/shouldn’t… Read more
While the job of social media editor seems fairly new at most news organizations, it’s been around long enough for some people to outgrow it.
Two New York Times reporters behind this week’s in-depth report, “The iEconomy,” took an hour Thursday afternoon to answer questions on the Times’ Facebook page.
Charles Duhigg and David Barboza’s chat about poor working conditions at high-tech device… Read more
Internet users are sending a message most media companies aren’t ready to hear: They want to share, reuse and remix your content.
To leaders of news organizations and other media, this probably means one thing: copyright violation. But with a new style… Read more