There is a dilemma for journalists covering the trial of Anders Behring Breivik — the man who has admitted killing 77 people on 22 July in Norway last summer.On the one hand, Breivik is gaining another bout of publicity for......more
Daniel Bennett - Reporting War
Recently in Terrorism Category
Terror in Mumbai and the evolution of crisis communications
Several hours ago, three explosions hit the Indian city of Mumbai. At the current time (18h00 GMT), reports suggest seventeen people have been killed and 81 injured.Less than three years after the siege of 26/11, the citizens of Mumbai are......more
Do images of the aftermath of an attack help insurgents?
Earlier today I came across an interesting blog post by Holly Pickett who recently finished her seven week rotation as the New York Times bureau photographer in Baghdad. She says:"It is nearly impossible to photograph the aftermath of a car bomb......more
Reporting the Moscow Metro bombings
ПоÑмотреть на ЯндекÑ.Фотках (Link to Tatiana Krasnova's album) Two female suicide bombers were believed to be responsible for the deaths of 38 commuters in Moscow at rush hour this morning. Russian officials say that 60 people were also injured in......more
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
Is RICU trying to influence the media?
Recently, Dr Andrew Garner from RICU gave a talk at King's College London about the government's counter terrorism strategy. There's more information and background about RICU in a previous post, but just to reiterate for the purposes of what appears......more
Mumbai - twitter, blogging, and social media
I'm collecting a series of links on how Mumbai has been covered by blogs and social media. You can find all the links on my delicious account.......more
"Happy to work ourselves out of a job": An insight into the UK Government's counter terrorism communications unit
This post is long overdue, but I wanted to make sure I had time to write it because it concerns a potentially sensitive subject.At the end of October, Dr Andrew Garner from the UK Government’s Research, Information and Communications Unit......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...