Social media tips for community newspapers
Journalism is a tough job these days and running a smaller newsroom is among the toughest. Sun Media' digital content director Monique Beech shares her tips for leveraging social media for community newsrooms.
By Monique Beech, Sun Media digital content director
I had the distinct pleasure of addressing a group of journalists at the Ontario Community Newspapers Association’s annual convention. Journalism is a tough job these days and running a smaller newsroom is among the toughest. I tried to offer this group a basic social media strategy that they could take back to their newsrooms.
Here it is:
This article was originally published on Beech's Canoe blog, Monique's Morning Minute, and reprinted here with her permission.
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Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.
