I reported the news in print and online. Here’s the difference. | Jill Abramson

Former NYTimes executive editor Jill Abramson dissects the big problem with internet news.

- Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, describes what life was like for a journalist in the 1980s – a "stone age" when news was governed by the printing press schedule.

- Today, many journalists will break stories on Twitter before writing it, eliminating nuance and increasing the chance of error.

- Social media in particular has added a fatal speed to journalism. Errors erode public trust in the media, and allow those in power to undermine the free press.

Jill Abramson is journalist who who has served in the most senior editorial positions at The New York Times, where she was the first woman to serve as Washington Bureau Chief, Managing Editor and Executive Editor. She is also an English lecturer at Harvard University and an author. Her latest book is "Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts" (https://goo.gl/weRUii)

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