Clear-headed journalism

Journalism is facing a major crisis on a global scale, as the job becomes more complex and constantly presents fresh dilemmas.

The speed at which information is disseminated is impressive, but it is also a curse. Anyone can act the journalist by posting a tweet and it is the instinctive reaction of the traditional media to try keep up with the pace. Newspapers and even television before the advent of stations broadcasting 24/7, offered the luxury of cross-checking every news item several times before going to print. Under pressure from social media, though, this is fast disappearing.

The risks are even greater in a country like Greece, where dozens of websites and blogs run an endless stream of copy/paste news, lightning-fast reproductions of something someone wrote, without taking a moment for verification. The crisis has slashed budgets and taken a toll on...

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