Columbia J School Digital Journalism Director Calls on Journos To Treat Trump As Media Organization

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Columbia J School Digital Journalism Director Calls on Journos To Treat Trump As ‘Media Organization’

by Lindsey Ellefson | 10:23 am, January 6th, 2017

Emily Bell is the Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, so she knows a thing or two about online publishing. Today, she decided to share what she knows in a Twitter thread that urges reporters to think of President-elect Donald Trump the same way they think of media organizations. Look:

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1. Without wishing to draw more attention to Trump tweets, I do think that the only framing for him that works is as a media organization

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2. He is ratings-driven in all respects, (as someone who is actually a tv star would be ). He a/b tests all policies/statements/cabinet

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3. Bannon is important as a head of strategy because actually what Trump needs is not actual political strategy but an editor-in-chief

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