How editors want to use social media

Issuing their new guide as a PDF was the first sign that print remains their priority, Steve Buttry writes in his review of "10 Best Practices for Social Media" from the American Society of News Editors. Editors "remain afraid of social media," Buttry says. "Their need to control remains an impediment to innovation." On the guide's top 10 list of tips: "Break news on your website, not on Twitter." "Keep internal deliberations confidential." Buttry's revised version.

May 14, 2011

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