Facebook hires broadcaster Brown to ease tension between it and media

Facebook has tapped Campbell Brown, a former television news anchor and a charter school advocate, to lead its news partnerships team.

Brown will be charged with easing tension between the media and Facebook, which have clashed over the social media giant’s role in disseminating the news, its censorship of news photos, and its proliferation of false and misleading stories.

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Brown announced her new role, fittingly, on Facebook — with a nod to rocky relationship between her new employer and her former coworkers in journalism.

“This is a different role for me, but one where I will be tapping my newsroom experience to help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook,” she wrote.

“Right now we are watching a massive transformation take place in the news business — both in the way people consume news and in the way reporters disseminate news. Facebook is a major part of this transformation.”

 

 

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