In today's world of 24/7 news, a new trend is emerging in how breaking news is covered and by whom. Whether its the Asian Tsunami of Dec 2004 or the brutal crackdown of the Burmese Monks by the Junta, the iconic images of these news stories were brought to the world by ordinary Joe's who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
With the proliferation of the World Wide Web, improvement in technology to the point that almost any electronic device now comes with a camera and outlets like Blogs and iReport providing avenues for reporting breaking news stories, it has become increasingly easier for ordinary Joe's to break news stories that mainstream news media may have missed.
A recent Listening Post on Al Jazeera TV covers this growing trend of citizen journalism.
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