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Interesting PR posts 08/07/2007
By Editor on Aug 7, 2007 in blogosphere
CBC Journalists Cannot Add News Sources as Facebook Friends Annotated
CBC is probably the first media company who has framed a formal “Facebook Policy” for their employees. The policy says that CBC journalist should avoid adding sources or contacts as “Facebook friends” (the common trend is that when journalists interview someone, they often connect with each other on LinkedIn or Facebook after the conversation.)
China’s handouts to journalists skew media coverage Annotated
HSBC and the China Charity Foundation celebrated a decade of working together last month, bringing in the global bank’s chairman and renting a room in the Great Hall of the People.
Organisers of the event extended the charity to Chinese reporters: donating Rmb200 ($26.40, €19.33, £13) to each of those who attended, according to people present. Such payments - called “transport money” by public relations firms - are a ubiquitous feature of Chinese media events
