rudoren doesn't seem very sanguine about the new arrangement.this thanks to an insightful paper by gal beckerman, a ph.d. student at columbia journalism school, who interviewed rudoren by email. the new editing policy for social media makes a lot of intellectual sense, but maybe not so much practical sense, rudoren wrote. i've found the back and forth over what i should write and how i should write it a back and forth very familiar and very welcome in the newspaper editing realm to mostly feel awkward and off for facebook and twitter. the very act of bringing in an editor and having all kinds of exchanges over what to post just seems somewhat anathema to form. one of rudoren's concerns was very practical she sends proposed tweets or facebook posts to new york editors in the morning, jerusalem time, and they may not be returned by her bosses for seven hours or so. i'm not sure an edited feed is a feed worth following. plus, her facebook page has now become a forum for middle east vitriol, from both sides. she told beckerman, especially when combi