“..The rise of Facebook and Twitter herald changes for journalism, and pose serious challenges to about journalistic credibility and trust.
(Editor’s Note: This article combines two interviews by Rory O’ Connor with the CEO of Facebook and the Co-Founder of Twitter.)
I spent much of last fall at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government as a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
While there, I researched issues related to journalistic trust and credibility — and in particular what role emerging social media might play in addressing those concerns.
One of the most prominent online social networks, of course, is the seemingly ubiquitous Facebook.
Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, who created the platform as a Harvard student along with roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, was unavailable for comment, as was Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.
But Randi Zuckerberg, who is part of the network’s creative marketing organization “where she regularly interacts with media organizations to discuss ways they can partner with Facebook,” did agree to a recent email interview —
–the first in a series of posts on the topic of trust and journalism..”
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