Media & Social Media Contact

Media & Social Media Contact

Church Workers

DC Policy 41 Social Media (Church Workers) states the following three social media principles apply to use of interactive services by Church workers, on personal, parish and Diocesan accounts:

• use social media to strengthen your capacity for ministry
• preserve your own and others safety, privacy and dignity
• do not imply Diocesan endorsement of your personal views

Please refer to the policy in full for further guidance.

Parish based employees must only contact or engage with the media with their Manager’s express permission and on matters only relating to the ministry of the parish or the cathedral.

Lay Employees

PDT Policy 1 Operational / Lay Employees - General states the PDT’s protocol for approving employee contact with the media is limited to the following:

• Archbishop
• Diocesan Secretary

Any employee who receives contact from the media and/or who intends to contact the media is only permitted to do so with the express prior approval of the Archbishop or Diocesan Secretary.

When seeking approval, you must provide sufficient written information in order to inform the Archbishop or the Diocesan Secretary of your rationale. Your written information must contain the following:

• specify reason
• specify outcome
• specify risks to the PDT (if any)
• specify target audience

Requests will be approved or declined in writing.

Policies

PDT Policy 1 Operational / Lay Employees - General
DC Policy 41 Social Media (Church Workers)
DC Policy 49 Diocesan Council Communications