A majority of reporters and editors are using social media to research their stories. Here are highlights from a survey of 371 veteran reporters:
89% use blogs for online research
61% use Wikipedia
57% use Twitter and microblogging sites
The study also shows most journalists don’t completely trust information they get from social media, and must do a significant amount of fact checking before they use it. The study, aimed at public relations professionals, was done by Cision and the George Washington University
