I don't usually crosspost, so if you've seen this post (which also a couple of interesting comments now) on the Media140 blog there'll be nothing new below, but I hope you'll forgive me for doing so on this occasion.The intro......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War: October 2009 Archives
WRL: Blogging, Milblogging and the London bombings
(Dusty history section) on the London bombings, 2005.I came across a couple of links on media coverage of the London bombings in July 2005 that I hadn't previously discovered. Maybe you missed them too.Mike Thelwall did some research into bloggers......more
Frontline: Obama's War
I flagged up the preview earlier in the month and now here is the full version of the Frontline documentary, Obama's War:......more
DoD Director of New Media: "It's not about controlling the message anymore"
Continuing what is rapidly turning into an autumnal video season here on the blog, I came across this interview by David Meerman Scott with Roxie Merritt, the Director of New Media Operations at the U.S. Department of Defense. There's......more
2 Rifles firefight in Afghanistan
Here's a very short video of a recent firefight in Helmand province courtesy of Michael Yon's recent embed with the British Army. I seem to have slipped into videoblogging these days. I'll write something soon...promise. Maybe you prefer the videos......more
Obama's War
Worth checking out this preview of an imminent PBS Frontline documentary. Photojournalist Danfung Dennis embeds with Echo Company, US Marines as they push south in Helmand province. More details on the film can be found on the PBS website.......more
MoD apologises to Michael Yon for "misunderstanding"
Yesterday, I suggested there might be an unlikely rapprochement between Michael Yon and the British Ministry of Defence after the row over the end of the journalist's embed with the British Army in Afghanistan.And that's clearly what Nick Gurr, the......more
More on Michael Yon and British Media Operations
Apologies to those of you who are already in October but I've been on holiday and want to wrap a few things up from the back end of September. This is one of those things. So if you read about......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War
Daniel Bennett is a PhD student researching the impact of blogging and new media on the BBC's coverage of war...