The Waterkooler

LAS VEGAS -- Technology that allows people to get their news faster and in more forms than ever must never supplant scrupulous reporting and careful writing, according to a panel of journalists and media executives.

Journalism is undergoing tremendous change, with blogs and citizen journalists proliferating and news consumers having more control over what they read, hear and see. But those advances do not change the need for media organizations to tackle tough subjects and report what they find, even when it's highly unpopular, the panel told the annual National Association of Broadcasters convention on Monday.

...Ramos said the American press is spending a lot of resources reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan, often at the expense of other important international news.

"There are other parts of the world that we're ignoring," he said.