Social Media - Real Time Reporting From Haiti

Terry Blace, a communications and media expert with Emergency Management & Training has been watching, like all of us, the devestation in Haiti. But one of the major changes, quickly identified by Terry, was how Twitter, Facebook, and "I" reports using cell phone cameras etc. have brought us to the scene quicker and without editing. Often very graphic pictures and stories have awakened the world to the desperate struggle for survival of many Haitians.

Terry has forwarded this CTV news article reinforcing his early observations.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100113/haiti_citizenjournalism_100113/20100113


Citizen journalism is changing the way we view events and the world.