Truth and Trust in Media is a new website designed to help journalists navigate their way through the "treacherous" world of "unverified tweets and anonymous comments" that journalists are faced with today.

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The European Press Prize - now in its second year - offers awards of 10,000 euros each for innovation, investigative reporting, distinguished writing and brilliant comment. Last year, the prizes went to journalists from Denmark, the Ukraine, Greece and the U.K.

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Andy Kohut's analysis on Poynter.org of recent Pew surveys presents a challenging outlook on the future of journalism. Figures show that those aged between 18 and 47 (spanning the two generational categories "Gen Xers" and "Millenials") spend "less time than older people following the news at the outset of their adulthood," and Kohut states that "younger generations just don’t enjoy following the news."

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Recent warnings in Kenya to journalists using social media sites highlight the power of these online forums, and the growing difficulties faced by journalists as the boundaries between personal and professional life are blurred online. As social media sites become increasingly influential and increasingly accessed, issues of objectivity and professional codes of conduct are called into question. 

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