Former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans believes the internet is "only a vehicle for the delivery of information".
Speaking at the International Press Institute world congress in Vienna, Evans said it was still essential for journalists to conduct research.
In a later panel session entitled "Media ethics in the new media landscape", Guy Black said: "We have to have as much self-regulation as we possibly can but we have to be honest. It is never going to cure every illness."
Black, executive director of the Telegraph Media Group, is chair of Pressbof, the industry body that arranges funding for the Press Complaints Commission.
Source: IPI
