Social Media Policy for Newspapers
College newspapers utilizing social media like Facebook and Twitter, or even on the newspaper’s Web site can benefit from interaction between and with their readers. However, as commenting, sharing, links and all other becomes an active part of your news organization, a policy may be necessary to maintain the integrity of the social media.
We’ve had a few inquiries about this. If your paper has a Social Media policy, a resource for one or something else beneficial, please paste it as a comment below, or share a link to it.
About Kelsey Schnell, Creative Developer
Kelsey is the Creative Developer of College Newsroom and former Editor in Chief of the Ferris State Torch at Ferris State University. Currently he works at a marketing and PR firm in metro-Detroit. He is not good at picking up subtle hints or heavy objects. Visit Kelsey's personal site, www.kelseyschnell.com
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As a result of internet magic… here is a Social Media Policy generator for your newspaper.
This may not be enough for some newsrooms’ internal policy, but this is a good jumping-off point for many.
http://socialpolicygenerator.com/
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