Citizen journalism and television coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing

Citizen journalism on the Internet began before the invention of the Web. Today it is a significant source of news. Emily Tolan's nine minute video on the Boston Marathon bombing illustrates the interplay between citizen journalism and television.

The video is a chronological summary of events beginning with the explosions caught on cell phones and ending with Twitter and TV coverage of the capture of the second suspect.



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