Do we still need journalists in the age of social media? Sure, we get loads... | BraveNewTalent

30th March 2012 Sarah Darwin in Journalism

Do we still need journalists in the age of social media? Sure, we get loads of rubbish and disinformation on twitter, but surely lots or journalists are motivated by the desire to sell (and thus tend to exaggerate and sensationalise) rather than tell the objective truth.
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- Charlie Elise Duff
  Of course - at the end of the day if no one buys the paper there's no job. However we need journalists to act as filters - to spot the real important stories hiding in the deluge of gossip, trivia and celeb-wash.
  
  2nd April 2012
  
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