This Al Jazeera English report on Syria's citizen journalists is interesting. When people in the media industry talk about "embedded journalists" they usually mean journalists embedding with military units. It is, of course, possible to 'embed' with other people or organisations......more
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Social media from the front line
Major Paul Smyth is one of the people responsible for changing the Ministry of Defence's approach to social media particularly in the context of front line operations. I've spoken to him previously for the Frontline Club about his Frontline bloggers......more
Reporting the Arab Spring: the mirage of the 'authentic voice'
I'm breaking the radio silence on the blog to post the introduction to my latest book chapter for Mirage in the Desert: Reporting the Arab Spring. (Not to be confused with Mirage in the Dessert...that is something entirely different.)My chapter......more
BBC journalist detained in Egypt
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil has been arrested in Egypt while reporting from Cairo. She had travelled to Tahrir Square after Egyptian security forces had moved in to clear the area of protesters. The demonstrators have been demanding swifter political......more
Fictional 'Gay Girl in Damascus' blog disappears
The 'Gay Girl in Damascus' blog, which was believed to have provided an authentic voice documenting the Syrian chapter of the Arab Spring, has "vanished".The author of the blog, Tom MacMaster, apparently decided to delete the contents of the blog......more
The iPhone for war photographers
For many journalists, the iPhone has become a standard part of the toolset. But it's also being tested to the limit by war reporters. A couple of interesting experiments from Afghanistan caught my eye this morning documenting ventures in the......more
Five years since the first tweet: a Twitter revolution in breaking news
Today, Twitter is celebrating its birthday. Five years after the first tweet was published, its impact on the field of Internet communication and many others beyond has been much debated. Recent events in Tunisia and Egypt re-ignited the debate......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...