- 1.5M the number of Twitter followers Pope Benedict XVI had built up for himself in the two months he had been on Twitter. Sending just 34 tweets, he quits the post by becoming the first Pope to show an earnest embrace of technology. Prior to the move, 53% of U.S. internet users were unaware of the Pope’s online presence.
Andy Carvin of NPR Shares Wisdom On Reddit - 10,000 Words
A great roundup of some of the highlights from Carvin’s AMA on Reddit last week, this includes advice on verifying sources, authenticating video, mixing personal social media with news on Twitter and more.
If your social media policy prevents employees from saying anything bad about the company, it might be going too far. The National Labor Relations Board has weighed in on several cases where employees lost their jobs because of social media activity, Steven Greenhouse reports.
Photojournalist launches watermark app for iPhone photos - British Journal of Photography
“I developed the Marksta app because I was tired of people stealing my work on the web,” says Marksta’s founder, John D McHugh, a photojournalist best known for his work in Afghanistan. “I often work in incredibly dangerous situations to show the world the stark realities of war and revolution. I can’t describe how frustrating it is to find my images online without any credit or byline.”
Would you use a watermark application for photos that you post on social media?
After major outcry from individuals and organizations concerned with language Instagram included in their new Terms of Service, which will go into effect January 16, 2013, the company responded.
The Guardian, and many other outlets, reported concerns that users’ photos could be ”used in advertising, without reference to the owner, with all the payments going to Instagram”.
For media companies, this raised major questions about how their staff photos could be used, and if Instagram planned to sub-licence photos, making a profit off of photos that were shot for agencies or media outlets.
Instagram responded in a blog post:
To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear…
The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question. Our main goal is to avoid things like advertising banners you see in other apps that would hurt the Instagram user experience.
Even with the update from Instagram, some news organizations are still wary. Notably, National Geographic has suspended their account until the new terms come into effect, and may remove their account.
What do you think about the new Instagram terms? Will your news organization continue to use the service? Did the update from Instagram change your organization’s stance?
Happy Holidays, Tumblr!
This year, as our gift we’re sharing our version of holiday heaven: links to great resources we’ve compiled through the year. The Online News Association organized dozens of training sessions for journalists in 2012, and we’ve pulled together the highlights for you. Get useful digital tips from our expert presenters at ONA12 and ONACamps, learn how to build your own Twitter app, meet our current MJ Bear Fellows and learn more about the AP-Google Scholarship, which will provide six students with $20,000 each.
Enjoy, and have a wonderful, peaceful holiday season.
As Twitter CEO Dick Costolo first promised at ONA12, tweets will now be downloadable. The service is rolling out slowly, but some users can already see the “Request your archive” feature.
Last week we posted this, and the point was basically: in order to have an excellent, interesting, informative, useful Twitter experience, we need to become great Twitter list builders.
So, here’s Matthew Keys, who does social media for Reuters, on how to build awesome Twitter lists for news…
By the time you read this, Facebook will have finished an election in which users voted on the future of user voting. Users will have voted overwhelmingly to keep having elections, resulting in an end to user elections.
How You Killed Facebook Democracy: A Short History | Wired Business | Wired.com
Wired looks at the voting system that Facebook has implemented to get user input on important privacy and policy issues. Commenters on Wired point out that the title of this piece may be a little misleading, as it was difficult to find information about voting on the site and the voting process itself was labor intensive.
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