Journalism

Coverage of war online

The war coverage by old and new media is generating a debate in its own right.

Journalists Telling it as it is?
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=26594
Poynter.org's guide to which images of war should be shown and how they should be handled.

War: A Defining Moment for Net News
http://tinyurl.com/876f
"Eventually...television starts to loop back on itself and repeats the narrative over and over again. I think that's where the Web gains a huge advantage. The best sites can move quickly to develop a story in multiple directions, add depth and detail, and give readers their own pathways to explore."

Where is Raed?
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/
One of the most popular war-related weblogs is a diary written from Baghdad under the pseudonym Salam Pax, who says he is a 28-year-old Iraqi architectural engineer educated in Austria. The author describes the devastation in his city and is often more compelling than pictures.

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