Linking has added a level of transparency AND reliability to sourcing and file uploaders, like Document Cloud have, has done the same for primary source docs. And it has only helped journalists build trust with the public. But opening the kimono to the journalists body of work, experiences and entanglements, the public will either have better ground to point and say things like  “liberal media conspiracy” or “no bias there.”

Unless they have something to hide, a journalist’s social web can only build a trust with the audience.