According to a new survey by Cision and The George Washington University, most journalists and editors now use social media sources when doing research for stories, although most that do agree that information may be less reliable than information gathered from traditional media sources.
All of those surveyed use Google for research, 96 percent use corporate websites, 64 percent use ... [ read the full article ]
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A good journalist will use many sources. Wikipedia can be very handy for getting a starting point in a subject. It isn't the last word, it is the first.
Originally posted by KillerBug: A good journalist will use many sources. Wikipedia can be very handy for getting a starting point in a subject. It isn't the last word, it is the first.
Also besides that most wikipedia articles site their information to professional sources. Which makes most schools arguments invalid for not being able to use wikipedia and in fact by using their view of it it would mean any research papers students do would be pointless and invalid regardless of its sources. But try explaining that to some of the brain dead teachers and stuffed suits behind them these days.
I believe Wikipedia is as trustworthy as published info. I think they could even get a little loser, maybe. That would be great in most areas but then there are those that would take advantage. I don't mind that Scientologists want to state their leader (Elron Hubbard I believe) can communicate with dogs mentally. I would want them to state where they got their info from.
Because there is less red tape Wikipedia has more info faster.
