Comments on: Citizen Journalists Break Toronto Explosion Story http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/ Exploring the intersection of communications, marketing and social media Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tracking the Toronto Explosion on Twitter: Opportunities and Risks http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/comment-page-1/#comment-5905 Tracking the Toronto Explosion on Twitter: Opportunities and Risks Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:15:59 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/#comment-5905 [...] Above Video (Language, Scary): This YouTube Video (already seen 59,000 times) has some cursing, so be careful when playing at work. The reaction and shaky scene isn’t out of the next Cloverfield movie, but it has the same scary intensity of first person recordings. In the past, news teams would have to interview these witnesses, now we see for ourselves through their eyes. There’s no way a journalist could truly report the shockwave and people’s reaction, if pictures tell a thousand words, what do videos tell? (video found on Dave Fleet’s site) [...] [...] Above Video (Language, Scary): This YouTube Video (already seen 59,000 times) has some cursing, so be careful when playing at work. The reaction and shaky scene isn’t out of the next Cloverfield movie, but it has the same scary intensity of first person recordings. In the past, news teams would have to interview these witnesses, now we see for ourselves through their eyes. There’s no way a journalist could truly report the shockwave and people’s reaction, if pictures tell a thousand words, what do videos tell? (video found on Dave Fleet’s site) [...]

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/comment-page-1/#comment-5849 Jeremiah Owyang Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:32:43 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/#comment-5849 Wow that second video is frightening! Wow that second video is frightening!

]]> By: Kerri Birtch http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/comment-page-1/#comment-5812 Kerri Birtch Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:53:58 +0000 http://davefleet.com/2008/08/who-says-citizen-journalism-isnt-important/#comment-5812 Citizen journalism is so incredibly important. And maybe not specifically the 'journalism' side of it, but the reporting and passing it on really. In the last few weeks alone Twitter was the first place I read about about the quake in california, the bombings in Georgia, the beheading in Manitoba, the death of Bernie Mac and now this. My fiance wants an account now because I always seem to know everything before he does ;) -Kerri Citizen journalism is so incredibly important. And maybe not specifically the ‘journalism’ side of it, but the reporting and passing it on really.

In the last few weeks alone Twitter was the first place I read about about the quake in california, the bombings in Georgia, the beheading in Manitoba, the death of Bernie Mac and now this.

My fiance wants an account now because I always seem to know everything before he does ;)

-Kerri

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