Debating 'best' in ASNE's Social Media 'Best Practices'
Debating 'best' in ASNE's Social Media 'Best Practices'
Comments
carole tarrant
In at least our case, it wasn't that we didn't trust our staff. Our social media policy was a ground-up endeavor. Like John Robinson, my first reaction was, "Don't be stupid." But we wrote this a few years ago, when social media was new. Our staff ASKED FOR these guidelines, and in fact a newsroom team created them -- not me. Reading these comments I'm frankly getting tired of new media pundits slamming "old skul" newsrooms. Walk a quarter-mile in the footsteps of any ASNE member, then let's talk.
carole tarrant
In at least our case, it wasn't that we didn't trust our staff. Our social media policy was a ground-up endeavor. Like John Robinson, my first reaction was, "Don't be stupid." But we wrote this a few years ago, when social media was new. Our staff ASKED FOR these guidelines, and in fact a newsroom team created them -- not me. Reading these comments I'm frankly getting tired of new media pundits slamming "old skul" newsrooms. Walk a quarter-mile in the footsteps of any ASNE member, then let's talk.
Jack Lail
Well, you have a set of policies rather than "best practices."
That said, they probably could have just stopped with yours, which has a bit more positive tone, I think.
http://roanoke.com/newsservices/wb/xp-59614#47