Tuesday 29 April 2014

Facebook brings Newswire for journalists

Facebook has launched FB Newswire, with the aim to make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content fr0m the popular social networking website in their work.
 The FB Newswire is a Facebook page of hand-selected and journalist-verified news stories fr0m across Facebook’s platform, according to Andy Mitchell, director of news and global media partnerships at Facebook.
The newswire is designed to help journalists share and embed newsworthy Facebook content that is made public by its members such as photos, status updates and videos.
Powered by Storyful that is involved in social content discovery and verification for newsrooms FB Newswire aggregates newsworthy content shared publicly on Facebook by individuals and organisations across the world for journalists to use in their reporting.
This will include original photos, videos and status updates posted by people on the front lines of major events like protests, elections and sporting events.
FB Newswire is accessible on Facebook at Facebook.com/FBNewswire and on Twitter at @FBNewswire, and will be updated in real-time with content related to top news stories.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4729-facebook-brings-newswire-for-journalists.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/new-media/item/4729-facebook-brings-newswire-for-journalists.html

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