Dave Jorgenson shows how the Washington Post newsroom ticks on TikTok

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🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Since he launched the Washington Post's TikTok account in May, video producer Dave Jorgenson has created over 120 videos that show how the D.C. newsroom ticks with humor. Brian Stelter asks him about what the Post gains from TikTok; whether other news outlets should be using it; and how his videos have built trust and familiarity with the Post's reporters. They also discuss Jorgenson's daily production process, reactions from staffers, and attempts by presidential candidates to participate in meme-making.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And we're back on the Reliable Sources Podcast. I'm your host Brian Stelter and I'm here with
0:06.7	Dave Dorgensen of the Washington Post. He runs the Post's Tik-Tok operation. Right now the
0:12.1	post has more than 200,000 followers on Tic.
0:15.0	7.5 million likes over the past six months.
0:19.0	Tic-Toc has been in the news for lots and lots of reasons including in this brand new Washington
0:24.2	Post story written by a couple of Jorgensen's colleagues Drew Harwell and
0:28.4	Tony Rome they have a story titled Inside Tik-Toc a culture class where US views about censorship
0:34.7	often were overridden by the Chinese bosses. Now Dave I know you're on the content
0:39.5	creation side you don't cover TikTok as a business, but there's been this controversy about
0:44.0	TikTok's ownership. It's owned by the Chinese Tech Giant bite dance.
0:48.2	Does this factor into your thinking about TikTok at all? It doesn't.
0:53.0	I know it's a boring answer,
0:54.4	but I was hired to make content.
0:56.0	So that's what I focus on.
0:57.6	Drew and Tony do an incredible job
0:59.7	with the reporting on TikTok,
1:01.2	as well as Facebook, Google, and Apple.
1:02.9	So as always, I've just let them stay in their lane
1:05.6	and I work on making funny Tik-Talks.
1:07.8	Yeah, and I guess that same idea applies if you're posting
1:10.2	to Facebook when working for the Washington Post
1:12.2	or posting, you know, working with
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