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 5/10 Good --- www.poynter.org http://www.poynter.org/media/rss/everyday_ethics.xml
| Updates on ethical decision-making in newsrooms big and small, assembled by Poynter's Kelly McBride and colleagues. ... |
Friday, May 02, 2008 --- 68 days ago http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=67&aid=142640
| By Kelly McBride It's that time of year. New journalists and young journalists are flooding into newsrooms, ready to change the world. OK, flooding is probably a thing of the past. But many newsrooms still hire summer interns, because they're cheap (sometimes, even free) and you can force them to work weekends and holidays. Although dozens of journalists, young and old have been called on the carpet for their personal blogs, relatively few newsrooms have developed a meaningful policy that addresses personal blogging. It's time. This generation has grown up on the Internet. Liz Allen, administrative editor at the Erie Times-News in Pennsylvania, is getting ready for her crop of interns. She wants to set down boundaries about personal blogs at the very beginning of the summer. That's a good idea. Last year Allen had her summer interns create an "official" blog at the paper. But it didn't really work, Allen said. The content seemed stilted. This year she's hoping to create a policy that allows for personal expression, but protects the paper's interests. Here are a few suggestions about personal blogging policies: Write one. Maybe start a blog about policies. But do it now. It's way too late to claim that blogging is just too new of a phenomenon to merit a policy. Reconsider your policy if it states: No personal blogs. Telling a 20-year-old he can't blog is like telling a 50-year-old she can't write a holiday letter. You w ... |
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