Faisal Islam on the social media panel at news:rewired - full stream ahead
Social media is "hugely important" for Channel 4 News, Faisal Islam said at Journalism.co.uk's digital journalism conference news:rewired - full stream ahead last month. He said the broadcaster's journalists are encouraged to "inject personality" into their updates.
But he said the broadcaster has possibly been "quite Twitter focused so far" and having discussed other platforms such as Facebook, Tumblr and image sharing sites, he added that Channel 4 News should "be embracing all these things".
In the video below (filmed by the BBC College of Journalism) he talks to news:rewired blogger Elena Cresci about the broadcaster's approach to social media, and outlines his tips for digital journalists, as presented during the event's social media session.
- Be interesting
- Be social
- Be yourself
He also added that there is also a need at times to "be a little bit careful" when using social media.
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