BLOGGERS have become an important source of stories in breaking stories like th
is tragedy in Virginia Tech, where scores of s
tudents were killed by a shooter.
As this CNET st
ory shows:
When a blogger known as icantread01 posted his girlfriend's tale of being shot and wounded during the Virginia Tech massacre Monday, it set off a flurry of journalists trying to get ahold of him. Reporters from several news organizations, including CBC Newsworld, NPR and MTV News, all posted in the comments section of icantread01's LiveJournal page, ho pefully asking to contact him and talk about his experience talking to his girl friend, Kate, who he said had called him from the hospital after being shot in the hand.The blog entry of icantread01 was both an honest and good take on how some stud ents -- oblivious to what was happening that day -- reacted to the shootings. I t also appears that the entry was really made in the heat of the moment. It is also interesting to note in the comment thread how some readers felt disg usted about the news people "jumping down your throat" after reading the blog e ntry.
blogs have found it's rightful place in creating the big picture
mainstream media have recognized this role too, that's why they have created th
eir own blogs to be on the loop.
Re: the VA Tech Massacre.
i still havent blogged on this but i feel such remorse, #1 because knowing VA i
s near where I am.
Re: blogging the Massacre
it is a good take on an honest first hand/ second hand account through first pe
rson. i have to read it more, but knowing that it is how he voiced it, it is go
od. you can feel pure emotions. it is like being there too. (though really depr
essing)
Re: media wanting to talk to him
I think i read this blog a little late. i guess he got interviewed already, lik
e yesterday? i dunno if he is the same guy, but i remember the name of the girl
. (anyway, there can be 50 Kate's in VA Tech!) #1 i dont blame the media runnin
g behind him. they live through knowing the story, and this is part of the stor
y, and what more is marketable than knowing a story with pure *heart*. #2 i don
t blame him if (and only if) he chose to not say anything to the media. it was
an online journal that he was... personal, and he might have wanted to keep it
that way.
Can anybody in this Inquirer.net can gave thier email address like letter to th
e editor, global nation, i have some coulmn to share and comments
maybe we should talk more about this other blog... Here in the Philippines, blo
gging jumped into the news also because of Julia, a US Peace Corps volunteer wh
o went missing around 10 days ago in a barangay in Bananue, Ifugao, right in th
e area of the world famous rice terraces.
Yesterday, a body was found just 30 meters away from path which tourists usuall
y take, and which appeared to have been hastily buried. In all likelihood, it i
s the body of the US Peace Corps volunteer. Last night, a tv news program repor
ted about her blog and how it gives us a glimpse into her mind. Read the full
post at http://quickandrandom.blogspot.com.