Friday, June 19, 2009

Twitter revolution and more...

Twitter revolution
Iranian protesters have been able to bypass a strict media blackout and provide the world with first person accounts of what is happening in the aftermath of the country’s disputed presidential election, thanks to microblogging site Twitter.

See http://tinyurl.com/nm9c44

World of risk
Start-up news organisations are increasingly sending journalists to the world’s hot spots in a bid to tell new stories in new ways, but one of the risks is “that reporters lack the backing of large established news organisations.” writes Brian Stelter in the New York Times.

Full story: http://tinyurl.com/lr4s5t

Courtesy of Australia's Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

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