Hucks Fallfest Set Wednesday

Hucks Online has scheduled another blog confab at the Fort Ground Grill, as part of a national social media program involving City Editor Addy Hatch (pictured) & Senior Editor Geoff Pinnock. We’ll provide a taco bar and soft drinks via Steve Widmyer’s fine crew at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Addy provide the purpose of Hucks Fallfest here:

Associated Press Managing Editors has embarked on a nationwide project on using social media as a news gathering and reporting tool. The Spokesman-Review is taking part in one aspect of the project: “how to verify, and when to publish, social media communications.” Most news organizations are now using Twitter and Facebook extensively in their news reporting, but it raises questions about whether readers differentiate between news companies and — well, everyone else who says “I heard….” — on social media. We’ll go over results from an online poll, and ask the HBO faithful to chew over what specific things they believe news organizations can do to enhance our credibility on social media.

Anyone who follows Hucks Online on this blog, Twitter, or Facebook is welcome to attend. Taco bar will be ready at 5:30, townhall meeting re: newspapers and social media to follow.

Question: What can news organizations do to enhance our credibility on social media?