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Comment on Why journalists should break news on Twitter by Alfred Hermida

Alfred Hermida — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:28:15 +0000

Thanks for the comment Charlie. One of the issues I have with the Twitter guidance is that it is absolutist. Kevin Anderson makes a good point by arguing that news organisations should trust their journalists. One way forward is to trust your journalists to decide when it is appropriate to break a story on Twitter and under what circumstances.

Comment on Why journalists should break news on Twitter by charlie beckett

charlie beckett — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:01:50 +0000

As you know Alfred, I agree with most of what you say. But I don’t think you can be absolutist about this – different organisations will have different values in the new media ecology – some will prioritise speed over context for example. The BBC has different legal obligations to Sky which is regulated in the UK but commercial. I have blogged about the Sky situation here http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2012/02/07/sky-news-never-wrong-for-long-on-twitter/
In the Twitter age immediacy is NOT everything, because everything is instantaneously global. 95% of people don’t care if you are 30 seconds behind a competitor if you are more reliable, for instance.
Having said that, I agree about the shift from fortress media organisations that are still driven by internal bureaucratic priorities. I have written about how they need to shift to open network models here:
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2011/10/06/why-we-need-networked-journalism-in-an-age-of-complexity-uncertainty-newsrw/
regards
Charlie Beckett
London School of Economics

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Christopher Krug — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:56:10 +0000

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