UK newsrooms seek social network help to curb online abuse
(World News Austria)

Social media has turned into a double-edged sword for newsrooms: It is an irreplaceable resource of news content and audience engagement but it can also expose journalists to online abuse that impacts their ability to work and causes severe distress. To fight the negative effects stemming from social media, newsrooms in the United Kingdom have sought to develop step-by-step in-house guidelines for dealing with online abuse while simultaneously seeking better coordination with social media companies. `In this age that we are living in, anyone can contact an individual journalist who happens to have a Twitter account or a Facebook profile and tell them what they think, both of the story and of...