The New Online Privacy Paradigm And How It Relates To Sports Journalists [STORIFY]
An interesting debate regarding Facebook privacy and journalistic ethics sparked up on my @StadiumInsider Twitter account.
A minor league beat reporter for the Yankees announced an injury update via Twitter, someone else asked for an injury update about another player. It turns out the other player’s injury only became public because a fan was friends with the player on Facebook. The reporter didn’t realize this, and the conversation progressed to whether or not a beat reporter should “friend” minor league players on Facebook.
Below is how it unfolded, courtesy of Storify’s awesome new curation tool (please note that I have commented between many of the tweets with additional deep thoughts:
