London bombings and the new media

Posted Friday, July 8, 2005 at 2:58pm in Blogging  | 

The Media Guardian reports on how ordinary members of the public became cameramen and reporters in the terrible London bombings.

From claustrophobic mobile phone videos shot in smoke-filled, bombed out London underground carriages to bloggers posting personal experiences of the blasts directly onto the internet, the public’s contribution to mainstream media coverage produced some of the day’s most impactful material.

Read it here (subcription required but well worth it)

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