Saturday, November 15, 2008

Citizen Journalism in Congo

Human rights activists and journalists in The Democratic (...) Republic of Congo have set up an interactive online portal to chart the violence in the country. Citizen journalists in the war zone can report on the violence through it, but it`s also intended to be a map site to situate the conflict zone for global viewers. Having been active for a week or so it contains a frightening amount of information provided by, well, anybody.

1 comment:

Meditblogger said...

This is facinating, on one level deeply depressing given the news that are relayed. However it also signifies a news of technology that will make information flow more freely. And that may eventually lead to some sort of resolution, one might hope.

 
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