I have recently heard something that has me (again) wondering what the BBC's policy is regarding their presenters using the BBC to mention their personal social media handles. I am fairly sure they are not allowed to; I remember Mark Riley on BBC 6 music specifically saying this and it seemed to be confirmed in an exchange on BBC Radio London, when Eddie Nestor made it very clear that he had sought - and received - the news editor's express permission for his BBC RL colleague Carrie Grant to give out her personal Twitter handle, when speaking about her charity work (Carrie had seemed reluctant to do so until given the all-clear).
Contrast that with pushy, greedy Jo Good who contantly uses her BBC RL show to refer to her personal social media, YouTube and Instagram, which in fact carry ads that she does for various companies, either for a fee, affiliate commissions, gifts, freebies etc.
Now we hear that Vanessa Feltz has just joined Instagram, she mentioned this (giving the exact handle) on her BBC Radio London show, knowing it would amaze listeners as she admits to being tech-unsavvy, not using email, and using a mobile phone for texting only. This morning when Jason Rosam handed over to Vanessa, he too mentioned that she's joined Instagram. They noted her increasing number of followers which she seemed excited about, adding that she has finally joined "the dark side".
I wonder if she, too, will start using her SM profile to advertise, accept gifts/freebies, do collabs, sponsorships or partnerships etc? One of Vanessa's daughters is active on Instagram and seems to have commercial arrangements in place, so might she be setting her mother on the same path?
This will be interesting to follow. As I don't hear V on her early BBC Radio show I would be interested to know if any Tattlers hear any mentions by Vanessa about her social media.
Maybe the Beeb turns a blind eye to such self-promotion if presenters' social media content includes no commercial or political references.
I have recently heard something that has me (again) wondering what the BBC's policy is regarding their presenters using the BBC to mention their personal social media handles. I am fairly sure they are not allowed to; I remember Mark Riley on BBC 6 music specifically saying this and it seemed to be confirmed in an exchange on BBC Radio London, when Eddie Nestor made it very clear that he had sought - and received - the news editor's express permission for his BBC RL colleague Carrie Grant to give out her personal Twitter handle, when speaking about her charity work (Carrie had seemed reluctant to do so until given the all-clear).
Contrast that with pushy, greedy Jo Good who contantly uses her BBC RL show to refer to her personal social media, YouTube and Instagram, which in fact carry ads that she does for various companies, either for a fee, affiliate commissions, gifts, freebies etc.
Now we hear that Vanessa Feltz has just joined Instagram, she mentioned this (giving the exact handle) on her BBC Radio London show, knowing it would amaze listeners as she admits to being tech-unsavvy, not using email, and using a mobile phone for texting only. This morning when Jason Rosam handed over to Vanessa, he too mentioned that she's joined Instagram. They noted her increasing number of followers which she seemed excited about, adding that she has finally joined "the dark side".
I wonder if she, too, will start using her SM profile to advertise, accept gifts/freebies, do collabs, sponsorships or partnerships etc? One of Vanessa's daughters is active on Instagram and seems to have commercial arrangements in place, so might she be setting her mother on the same path?
This will be interesting to follow. As I don't hear V on her early BBC Radio show I would be interested to know if any Tattlers hear any mentions by Vanessa about her social media.
Maybe the Beeb turns a blind eye to such self-promotion if presenters' social media content includes no commercial or political references.
glad you mentioned this. Jumoke was also bigging up Vanessa’s Insta account yesterday. She’s also on social media but I don’t remember it being commercial last time I looked which was a long while ago.
Vanessa did tag a dress from an Irish store for a NYE post.
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