But it will be a disaster for British journalism if the wall between responsible, properly researched news reporting and the free exchange of gossip and unchecked rumour on the internet is breached.
We've become used to seeing stories unfolding in real time through social media – are we now seeing the potential for professional journalists to use Twitter to tell properly researched news stories, in a way that makes the events feel very personal, and even more dramatic?
The demonstration got almost no publicity, so I decided we needed to get Greenham Common properly into the news.
If I can fill in more here, I shall, though Hadley Freeman is covering the shows properly in the news pages and in G2.
Before the advent of the Herald, news, properly speaking — that is, actual information about recent events, as distinguished from agreeable commentary on them by popular chroniqueurs — played but a subordinate part in a French newspaper.
Great content doesn't just happen: content creators need to be properly rewarded; impartial news and quality journalism from many sources needs to be secured when the business models that sustained them in the old world have disappeared; and we need a second public-service provider of content across multiple platforms, with reach and scale, alongside the BBC.
They argue Snowden's disclosures brought about necessary surveillance reforms, advanced encryption, and were properly filtered through news organizations to prevent harm of disclosures not in the public interest.
If Facebook figures out a way to properly surface breaking news in the moment, it could become more of a destination when big things happen the way Twitter is.
Only those who learn to stay on top of the news, properly identify future trends, network for the future, and absorb/adapt the latest technology can hope to survive in any economy or through any major industry change.
Like many Sikhs, I want this news reported properly.
