In the early days of the web, there were fewer sites and finding information on the web was straightforward. Your favourite bookmarks covered what you wanted, and search engines covered the rest quickly. Now, there are a lot more sites, and a lower signal/noise ratio with a lot of irrelevent content. There are vast lists of sites covering similar topics, and search engines can't keep up. Result? People are switching to portals, or using more particular search engines.

Journalism it seems has to go down a smiliar path. Speed matters for a story, but accuracy and research count highly. Previously, you had journalists who were experts in their own field, and you had a breathing space to do research before the story went to the printing press. In this day and age, with news sites on line, stories break at "internet speed". Hence, reasearch needs to be as quick. Also, with the amount of new developments it's impossible to keep up to date with everything. Result? do an "Ask slashdot" for info, and you'll get a very quick response from several people that know what they are talking about, several revelent links to the subject matter, and a general view of how the topic is viewed on the ground.

It's an excellent method and a lot better than reissuing the same myths that seem to propagate. I think Janes should be commended on a big step in the right direction.
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