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David Leigh, It must be strange, almost confusing, looking back on the days when you were given a deadline or even the leeway to go off and research a story. Now, readers want interaction - the chance (like this site) to comment on everything a journalist does or says. Where do you and others like you fit into this picture? I already read the Guardian website but not the paper, unless for the jobs: I wonder how many out there are similar to me. And what this means for the journalistic profession.
Asked by ryanscribe on Dec 02 2007 8:13:53 PM and supported by 15 members
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I still get the leeway to go and research stories. A lot of what you read on the Guardian's website is the product of heavy research. In some ways we can do more on the website than we can in the paper. See our site "The BAE Files" for example. It's opinion journalists who end up interacting all the time with other opinioators. I just try and tell people what's going on.What's to debate with me about that? MORE!

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