http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/11/thursday-dose-of-social-media-bloomberg-news-debuts-anti-social-social-media-policy/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/11/thursday-dose-of-social-media-bloomberg-news-debuts-anti-social-social-media-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-5535 Media organizations of the future | Save the Media Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:00 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3985#comment-5535 [...] Social media rules: More on the continuing saga of news organizations coming up with rules that suck all the social out of social media. (If you’re late to this topic, get up to speed on The New York Times’ and The Wall Street Journal’s ill-advised social media policies.) The latest culprit is Bloomberg News’ policy, which forbids staffers from communicating on social media about any topic covered by Bloomberg News, according to Gawker. Patrick Thornton at Beat Blogging offers some commentary and links to a better approach for journalists using social media. [...] [...] Social media rules: More on the continuing saga of news organizations coming up with rules that suck all the social out of social media. (If you’re late to this topic, get up to speed on The New York Times’ and The Wall Street Journal’s ill-advised social media policies.) The latest culprit is Bloomberg News’ policy, which forbids staffers from communicating on social media about any topic covered by Bloomberg News, according to Gawker. Patrick Thornton at Beat Blogging offers some commentary and links to a better approach for journalists using social media. [...]

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