- What is social media journalism?
Social media journalism is casting its web throughout the Internet, gaining popularity on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Social media journalism is simply broadcasting newsworthy topics and articles through social media channels. With Twitter, many celebrities are able to provide ‘newsworthy’ updates in 140 characters or less and have the local media actually pick up the story and redistribute. LinkedIn has many pages dedicated to news items relevant to its users. But Facebook is taking the biggest steps towards social media journalism.
Social Media Journalism | Facebook
Understanding the role of social media journalism today, Facebook has unveiled a new Facebook Page and “Meetup program” for journalists. According to MediaMughals.com:
The Page, ‘Journalists on Facebook’, is intended as a resource for journalists who wish to incorporate social media journalism into their reporting, networking and storytelling. The‘Meetup program’ is a sort of workshop which will enable users how to use facebook as a reporting tool. Facebook has been consistently working with media organizations on this subject matter since the beginning of 2010 and trying to make the content of news more social. The recent launch of “ Journalists on Facebook Page”will enable all the media reporters, who are Facebook friendly, to find sources, interact with readers, and advance the stories. This will give them a nice platform to have a feedback on their respective coverage and will strengthen the relationship of media and society. The Page will provide journalists with best practices for integrating the latest Facebook products with their work and connecting with the Facebook audience of more than 500 million people.
So what do you think of Facebook’s effort to create a Facebook page ‘Journalists on Facebook’ in order to improve social media journalism?