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by Reynolds on Fri 08 Jul 2005 08:24 PM BST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

History’s New First Draft, is a Newsweek piece about how civilians are now reporting the news through Blogs and websites, using mobile phones and cheap cameras.

The writer spoke to me, and so I get a bit of a mention, but it’s a pretty good article in its own right. For those of us watching the news live, it was obvious that the mainstream media were using a lot of amateur content.

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Re: Civilian Journalists

by Zinnia Cyclamen at 08:11AM (BST) on Jul 9, 2005 | Permanent Link

Very interesting!

Re: Civilian Journalists

by Luc at 12:32PM (BST) on Jul 9, 2005 | Permanent Link

It's certainly been interesting (and added a lot to the coverage) to hear so much from those on the scene be it via pics/video or just "have your say" on the BBC Website.

In the case of blogs (and forgetting some hyperbole from the blogerati) some have been very good e.g

http://www.pfff.co.uk/weblog/archives/2005/07/surviving_a_ter_1.html

Which is understated yet very moving. Read the following days as well

Re: Civilian Journalists

by Cat at 01:11PM (BST) on Jul 9, 2005 | Permanent Link

Thanks for the link, Tom. It was very interesting.
Cat
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Re: Civilian Journalists

by astrid at 08:32AM (BST) on Jul 10, 2005 | Permanent Link

There has been a lot in the press lately about the 'power of blogging' and I'm surprised it has taken the media so long to consider the impact that blogs can have. Re: the terrible blasts last Thursday - as soon as the emergency number for people seeking injured or lost relatives came up on the tv I took a screenshot and uploaded it to both Flickr and my blog. Even though I was ten miles away and was lucky enough to be safe and finally at home after turning back halfway that morning I was not helpless. There was a small virtual difference I could make. I have had e mails from people thanking me for doing this and I am just glad and full of hope for those that read my post even though I am sure I was not the only one to do this!

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