Blogging the Tsunami
It seems that bloggers are filling a void in the coverage of the
Tsunami tragedy.
According to the New York Times:
According to the New York Times:
Bloggers
at the scene are more deeply affected by events than the journalists
who roam from one disaster to another, said Xeni Jardin, one of the
four co-editors of the site BoingBoing.net, which pointed visitors to
many of the disaster blogs.
"They are helping us understand the impact of this event in a way that other media just can't," with an intimate voice and an unvarnished perspective, with the richness of local context, Ms. Jardin said.
"They are helping us understand the impact of this event in a way that other media just can't," with an intimate voice and an unvarnished perspective, with the richness of local context, Ms. Jardin said.
