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# 4 Steps to Social Media Heaven
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2009/05/4_steps_to_social_media_heaven/
- Published: 2009-05-18T17:23:59.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T14:31:21.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Journalism, Journalists, Social Media, X (Twitter)

There is, I think, a tendency for journalists to over-complicate social media and how they talk about it. Somehow they makes something which is fundamentally just about talking to people, well, hard. Look at the recent kerfuffle about the [WSJ](http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article%5Fdisplay.jsp?vnu%5Fcontent%5Fid=1003972544&ref=onemanandhisblog.com)[ guidelines for using social sites](http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article%5Fdisplay.jsp?vnu%5Fcontent%5Fid=1003972544&ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

There is a remedy for this. \[And Ryan has just published it\](http://ryansholin.com/2009/05/15/recommended-social-media-guidelines-for-reporters/).