"I wanted people in Washington to have fear in their hearts over how this journalism was going to be done, over the unpredictability of it," he said.
In this way, journalism will be doing its job to inform us.
Photograph: Stringer/Reuters Meanwhile UN investigators are seen talking with members of the Free Syrian Army in Zamalca, east of Damascus, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen.
In this country journalism has a battle to fight if it is to retain its credibility and the respect of its supporters.
I'm a filmmaker, I see myself as an artist, I came out of the art world and many of my friends are artists, but if you're in this territory, journalism is in the mix.
Paul Chadwick said: "The Guardian has a fine tradition of effective readers' editors and I look forward to playing a part in this valued journalism institution in what is a radically changing global media environment".
We learned that there's great potential in this kind journalism – imagine the expertise and observational powers of 12,000 pairs of eyes and ears – but also a long way to go.
In this way, journalism is rather like quantum physics.
This volatility in the journalism job market has driven many established reporters into other fields.
Then came the subject of editorial balance and what the journalist had been taught about this in journalism school: "Well essentially you were not taught what we might naturally think of as balance.
