Facebook and Storyful launch new ‘newswire' for journalists
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL. KAZINFORM Facebook and the social media news agency Storyful Thursday announced the launch of FB Newswire, a site that the social networking giant hopes "will make it easier for journalists and newsrooms to find, share and embed newsworthy content from Facebook in the media they produce."
Storyful will provide verified content on the service, Poynter reports. "More and more we are looking for ways to make our content more accessible to journalists," Andy Mitchell, Facebook's director of news and global media partnerships, said in a phone call with Poynter. The company has been "driving a lot of referrals to news partners," Mitchell said. "It felt like we were a positive member of the ecosystem." The company recently hired Liz Heron from The Wall Street Journal to facilitate partnerships between Facebook and news organizations. Facebook is "excited to deepen our relationship with media organizations and journalists in the days to come," Mitchell wrote in a blog post.