The third net news generation has brought in a great number of new ways to report stories. I see traditional sites embracing the newest technologies in order to come out with new multimedia ways to report. I see varied editorships checking and double checking facts, and being corrected by the very audience they report to. The gateway is open to the general public. Reporters and journalists are not the ultimate gatekeepers for information anymore, and the issue for them is not what to report, but how to present it. As the journalistic world has seen with such stories as the Edwards scandal, news gets out whether the mainstream media reports on it or not. 

Blogging has revolutionized the way that information is reported on. Blogs take citizen journalism to the next level by allowing the general public to report on and discuss news on their own terms. News reporting sites have taken advantage of this fact and allowed citizen and staff alike to have blog space on the news sites, bridging the gap between audience and reporter. The way that a site presents a story is very important these days; not reporting on a story at all or presenting it in a biased way can hurt a news company's credibility or help it as well. 

New multimedia also allows different takes on stories and also allows for investigative journalism; many written stories often have linked content that either goes more into depth on a subject, or explores a side of the story that may not have surfaced in the print or broadcast version. Entire groups of people can have their own voice, as with the Women's International Perspective, and can run their own news site with the content they desire. However, the credibility of such an organization can be called into question if it is not run well. While anyone may be able to put information on the Internet, the information needs to be presented in such a way that it is believable and can be supported with definite information. 

Opinion in news is still a touchy subject, but more and more editors are allowing subjective journalism to come into play, and with the addition of blogs, can almost embrace it. After all, the community gets its own forum if comments are allowed on a site, and can disagree and state their own opinions themselves. As the line blurs between the reporter and the audience, keeping a set guide for credibility can be helpful, and can illustrate that even though the audience may be crossing the borders into journalism, journalists still hold themselves to a standard of reporting credible information in a credible manner.