Mark Frankel
BBC News social media editor. Twitter: @markfrankel29
Blog posts in total 3
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Faking it: All the news that’s fit to share
An explosion of ‘fake news’ during the recent US election has accelerated the debate about how to respond to false information online. Collaboration between social media and mainstream news companies might be the answer, suggests Mark Frankel.
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Where we are with live-streaming: content, technology, data, ethics
Journalists are exploring Facebook Live. Mark Frankel considers issues raised at a US conference and says responsibility for use of the platform must be shared between Facebook and the publishers and broadcasters who use it.
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Live-streaming US shootings: Reminder of dangers to ‘objective journalism’
Dramatic live-streamed footage of last week’s US shootings and their aftermath has again asked questions about the exponential growth of this kind of eyewitness media, says Mark Frankel.