Why is respected news brands good news for Twitter?

It makes the news that people receive for authentic as most new brands have to make sure they are truthful. If someone were to see something on twitter, someone tweeting about an event, people would probably search it up on news websites as it is authentic and more reassuring for the audience.  

Why in turn is Twitter good for respected news brands?

In a way, twitter has helped them reassure new brands as twitter is famous now and people are most likely to find out about news  websites and help them gain popularity.

The report suggests that old and new media “are not, in fact, in direct competition, but often work extremely well together to enhance both the media eco-system and the consumer experience”. What evidence do they provide to support this idea? Do you agree with it? Taking for example what happened to Mike Brown, people on twitter that were using the hashtag were basing their tweets on what the news reported as well as citizen journalism, and the news was using what it was seen on twitter to make news.

Do you think the increasing amount of gossip or banter is harming the reputation of news and journalists?

I think the amount of gossip and banter is harshly effecting the reputation of news and journalists. This because just mocking a journalist possibly on twitter could cause the denigration of a journalist and the gossip that could possibly go around about a news report could end up ending careers.

Finally, do you think new and digital media developments such as Twitter have had a positive or negative impact on traditional newspapers?

I think it highly does have a positive impact as it helps to reach a wider audience and it helps new papers online websites to reach a wider audience. However it also does have a negative impact as it causes less people to purchase the news paper.