July 17, 2005

Round up on Articles and Opinion Pieces on London Bombings

Updated July 23 So much as been written about the London bombings heralding a new era in journalism, I've opened a new category rounding up a selection of breaking news articles and opinion pieces.

Breaking News


-- Second London Blast - Police Appeal for Public's Assistance (The Evening News / MobHappy)

-- Second attack on London (The Guardian Newsblog)

-- Phones Offer Snapshot Of Terror (Forbes)

-- Mobiles capture blast aftermath (BBC)

-- Police appeal for bombings footage (Ananova / Reuters / The Register)

-- 'We had 50 images within an hour' (Media Guardian)

Opinion Pieces

-- Is There Hope for Citizen Reporting? (E-Media Tidbits)

-- Down the road, who will attest to the accuracy and veracity of the pictures? (Silicon.com)

-- First time a video from cameraphone used during the coverage of a major story (Digital-Lifestyles.info)

-- London's citizen reporters prove their worth with their coverage of bombing (Media Guardian)

-- Did London bombings turn citizen journalists into citizen paparazzi? (Online Journalism Review)

-- Camera Phones Prevail: Citizen Shutterbugs and the London Bombings (Lenslinger / Digital Journalist)

-- Citizen Journalism and Technorati, a New Public Utility (Wired)

-- What are...'Citizen Reporters'? (The Times)

-- Why I have serious doubts about the 'citizen reporters' (The Times)

-- A french perspective on London Bombings' and Citizen Reporters (Le Monde)