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« Trunk Show | Main | Cycling Corker » April 20, 2007Virginia TechMatthew Ingram at WebProNews.com looks at how citizen journalism covered the Virginia Tech massacre. As horrific as the circumstances at Virginia Tech were, as a journalist it was fascinating to watch the information about the shootings filter out through the students and faculty at the college, by way cellphones and webcams, blogs and Facebook accounts, Flickr photos and LiveJournal updates. The Wikipedia page was updated minute by minute (the page of edits makes for interesting reading). Another example of "crowdsourcing" the news.Read the whole thing for lots of links. Posted in Journalism & Media
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I am one of 32 To my family A sound rings out Light ahead From high above A regular day I am one of 33 Steven Labri Posted by: Steven Labri at April 20, 2007 3:07 PMPost a comment
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