2 replies on “Debating ‘best’ in ASNE’s Social Media ‘Best Practices’”
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.
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
2 replies on “Debating ‘best’ in ASNE’s Social Media ‘Best Practices’”
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.
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