Facebook hires TV journalist Campbell Brown as media liaison after fake news fallout

Campbell Brown will lead efforts to improve partnerships with news organizations that depend on social media company's content distribution

Facebook has hired former CNN anchor Campbell Brown to help build better relations with news organizations in the wake of the fake news scandal.

The social media giant already has a team of staff to liaise with media within the markets it operates but Brown - an Emmy-winning TV veteran who also worked at NBC - at will lead this team, reporting into Nick Grudin, vice-president of media partnerships.