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# How should journalists use social media? (a hangout)
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2013/02/journalists_social_media_professionalism/
- Published: 2013-02-28T17:16:48.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:52:47.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: City St George’s, Google, interhacktives, Journalism, profiles, Social Media

When journalists use social media, should they blur professional and personal lines?

My [Interactive Journalism students](http://www.interhacktives.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) at City University setup a Google+ Hangout (with some shepherding from [Judith Townend](http://meejalaw.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)) to [discuss the issue](http://www.interhacktives.com/2013/02/28/journalism-and-social-media-professional-platform-or-personal-playground/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com), and I joined in with [Nick Petrie from *The Times*](https://twitter.com/petren?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) and [Sarah Marshall from journalism.co.uk](https://twitter.com/SarahMarshall3?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). Here’s the video:

*(You can read the [post on digital doorstepping](http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2007/04/theres%5Fno%5Fdoubt%5Fthat%5Fthe.html?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) I referred to, if you’re interested)*