Developing a new generation of journalists

Singapore

IT IS more important than ever that journalists report accurately and objectively, given the upheaval from social media sites such as Facebook and the increasing frequency of fake news, said Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) chairman Lee Boon Yang yesterday.

Dr Lee told the annual scholarship award ceremony at SPH News Centre: "The new technologies such as artificial intelligence, very powerful algorithms and tools like data analytics are in fact, day by day, changing the type of content that gets wider circulation.