a journalist, if you feel that it s useful, but what about people who perhaps feel a little bit more conflicted about it and then receive, become targets of abuse? sure. it s not compulsory for any of ourjournalists to be - on social media. we do encourage it. we have very strict guidelines about what they should be - posting and whatl they shouldn t be. we urge them to steer clear of all kind of hyperpartisan i debates, not to get sucked into fierce arguments. - but, you know, it is a danger, and i think that the job that l rebecca is doing is- a very worthwhile one. isobel asher hamilton, does insider expect you to be on twitter? i think i would find it hard to do myjob if i weren t on twitter, because i find it useful as a tool because so many of the figures that i follow, you know, tech ceos and people like that, use it as a very instantaneous pr service. there was never a point when the company i m at now sat me down said you have to have a twitter because the company i d been at