The face of news has long changed since the advent of 24 hour news channels, and the birth of Social Media, bringing real time news via platforms such as twitter.
But with all this citizen journalism, how can you tell what's real, faked or just shameless marketing?
ITN thinks they have the answer, and is launching a new YouTube channel called Truthloader. You upload a story hot off the press, then ITN bods verify it to make sure it's authentic.
So what do you think, a sensible move by a Media Company, or is this a way of trying to tap into this reservoir of unpaid and amateur journalists? Wonder what the professionals make of it?
Heres more on the story:
Citizen journalism YouTube channel to be launched | Media news | Journalism.co.uk
