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Citizen journalists capture Mumbai story without bureaucratic headaches

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2008 9:47 AM CST

(Newser) – Witnesses of the Mumbai terror attacks didn’t wait for CNN to get information: They captured it themselves, the New York Times reports, the latest example of citizen journalists using technology to put themselves on the frontlines of news. “I felt I had a... Read full story »

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