Facebook's New Features Benefit Journalists

Are you a journalist or interested in the development of journalism in the social media realm? If yes, then you will be excited to hear about Facebook’s new features that are truly media friendly to journalists’ personal brands and beats. Read below to learn about these new features for journalists!

Vadim Lavrusik, Facebook’s journalist program manager, states that the social network’s new features can help journalists tremendously because the profiles and the public subscribe options can help journalists increase their fan base and reads.

Lavrusik recommends users of the new features to review their profile settings, if they fully want to use Facebook publicly for journalism purposes. If privacy settings are too restricted, a profile will not appear on the public search.

Advertisement space and Monetization

Facebook has monetized advertising available in its applications. Now users can put advertising on there and monetize the audience, controlling exactly what is in the environment. Users will no longer have to consume content outside of Facebook; it can all be done on Facebook.

The Ticker

The Ticker is great for companies wanting to utilize it for breaking content. It is literally a live update of current events.

Subscribe

Journalist can now communicate directly from their profiles in a professional manner and let fans subscribe to them.

Public Updates

Journalist can post public updates and allow Facebook users to search for their public updates of reporting. It will be under “Posts by everyone.”

News Feed has a 5,000 Character Limit

Previously, there was a 420 character limit to Facebook’s status updates before it would make posts were turned into notes. Now with a 5,000 character limit, users and journalist alike can use the news feed like a blog. Facebook may become the new blogging platform.

For more information on new Facebook features that benefit journalists, read this article from Mashable.com.

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