The Times Issues Social Media Guidelines for the Newsroom

The Times Issues Social Media Guidelines for the Newsroom
I think this is especially important as a strategy for women, at a time when people think
that rape memes are a good way to respond to a story they don’t like by a female New York Times writer.”
• If you feel threatened by someone on social media, please inform your supervisors immediately.
The new guidelines underscore our newsroom’s appreciation for the important role social media now plays in our journalism,
but also call for our journalists to take extra care to avoid expressing partisan opinions or editorializing on issues that The Times is covering.
• If you don’t know whether a social media post conforms to Times standards, ask yourself these questions:
Would you express similar views in an article on The Times’s platforms?
• We want our journalists to feel that they can use social media to experiment with voice, framing
and reporting styles — particularly when such experiments lead to new types of storytelling on The Times’s platforms.
• Our journalists should be especially mindful of appearing to take sides on issues that The Times is seeking to cover objectively.