links for 2010-03-12

"Decisions about any broadcasts from a Council committee are at the discretion of the chairman of that committee," Trafford Council told Journalism.co.uk in a statement.

The policy as a whole is a fascinating read and exposes that Reuters, as a media organization, is torn between encouraging employees to use social media and the realization that the online behaviors of their staff put them at risk, a sentiment expressed in the comment that these tools, if misused, could “threaten our hard-earned reputation for independence and freedom from bias or our brand.”

It’s a relatively brief presentation, just covering some of the possibilities of mashups and RSS, and some tools.