The proliferation of social news reporting, however, has added a whole new layer of complexity to the issue of exposing journalists to trauma. Day in and day out, editors expect their social newsgathering staff to mine the Internet for new stories and footage. For every video or photo that ultimately makes it into a story, there may be dozens more that don’t, but nonetheless need to be seen and reviewed. All of this adds up to a never-ending onslaught of horror in which journalists watch graphic footage and decide what to do with it. And because they’re social news journalists, there’s rarely such thing as “taking a break”. This is your job, and you do it. It’s not like you can take a temporary assignment at another desk when this is your particular specialty
Fergus Bell, Head of Newsroom Partnerships & Innovation at SAM and co-founder of ONA’s UGC Ethics group, outlines how to crate a social newsgathering and verification workflow to cut down on mistakes and corrections.
I’m excited to be joining the First Draft Coalition, which launches today. The coalition brings together leading organizations and individuals working in verification and eyewitness media to create new tools, resources and trainings for journalists and the public. Here is a bit more detail from the announcement. Our founding members, from different organisations and projects, are each dedicated…
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