{"id":1508,"date":"2011-10-19T16:34:04","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T22:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/?p=1508"},"modified":"2011-10-19T16:34:04","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T22:34:04","slug":"reporters-doing-social-media-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/19\/reporters-doing-social-media-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters doing social media the right way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a couple instances today where reporters did a great job using social media, and I felt it was worth pointing them out.<\/p>\n<p>The first one was from Tony Leys of the Des Moines Register. Leys <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/article\/20111019\/NEWS\/310190040\/Graveyard-gives-up-bones-age-erosion-take-toll\">wrote a story about a cemetery<\/a> that is still in need of work after the 2009 floods:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A concrete burial vault still protrudes from the bank near the top of the ravine. A 5-inch-high hole in the dirt shows where animals have been digging. A few yards down the steep slope, bits of rusty hardware, possibly from an old coffin, sit next to what appears to be the end of a human leg bone. A couple of pieces of other bones peek out from under fallen leaves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What impressed me was this post from Leys in the comment area of the story:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-19-at-5.19.17-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1509 aligncenter\" title=\"Screen shot 2011-10-19 at 5.19.17 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Screen-shot-2011-10-19-at-5.19.17-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He obviously saw the reaction the story was getting, did some more reporting, and gave readers an update right there on the original story. That&#8217;s the kind of smart use of the comments area that we don&#8217;t see enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The second example was WHO-HD&#8217;s Keith Murphy reacting to a post on Facebook. This one is pretty self-explanatory, but it was impressive how Murphy stood up for himself and actually\u00a0got an apology from the original poster.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/murphy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1512\" title=\"murphy\" src=\"http:\/\/chrissniderdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/murphy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"1239\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is one of those cases where you are actually happy someone posted their thoughts in a public forum, so that you have a chance to respond. Part of the reason social media is such a great tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed a couple instances today where reporters did a great job using social media, and I felt it was worth pointing them out. The first one was from Tony Leys of the Des Moines Register. 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