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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. There is no word on when it will be available.

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Social media and journalism: how to effectively reach the public

Sprout Social

Social media and journalism are one and the same these days. Perhaps that’s because over 50% of people rely on social as a news source. 9 best practices of social media and journalism. Below is a breakdown of best practices when it comes to social media for journalists.

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57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources

Dave Fleet

Policy on Staff Use of Social Media. Use of social networking, microblogs and other third party websites. Social Media Guidelines. Social Media Policy. Social Computing Guidelines. Social Media Guidelines. Social Media Policy Procedures and Social Network Policy Procedures.

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The Power of Prebunking: Managing Disinformation in the Social Media Age

Dave Fleet

One of the main reasons for this shift in approach is the fact that disinformation is often designed to go viral, and can spread rapidly through social networks. By the time traditional crisis management techniques are deployed reactively, the damage may already have been done. Problems with debunking.

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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

Citizen journalism doesn’t only apply to major political events or disasters. Citizen journalism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business right now. Many newsrooms are implementing some sort of citizen-journalism initiative. One example is a company that offers temporary office space.

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Twitter for Business: Is It Time?

Webbiquity SMM

Twitter is generally viewed as the second-best social network for B2B marketing , behind only LinkedIn. Of course it would be supported by advertising, but even the ads would be more valuable to business users; more Wall Street Journal, less Flo from Progressive. It’s easy to do that on LinkedIn. Could it happen?

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Great journalism – impartial but not neutral?

The Way of the Web

It’s sad in some ways that a lot of great writing and journalism has been inspired by tragedy and loss, but at the same time, it often allows some good to come out of the events by providing insight and inspiration. Journalism: Impartial not Neutral.

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