New York Times: Behind the anonymous video nominated for a Polk Award
February 22nd, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Citizen journalism, Editors' pick, Multimedia
The New York Times speaks to the first uploaders of the video of the collapse and death of Neda Agha-Soltan after she was shot during anti-government protests in Iran.
The anonymously filmed and uploaded video last week won a George Polk journalism award – the first time in the awards’ history that a work produced anonymously has taken a prize.
This is a snapshot of how “viral” news can spread and, as Steve Grove, head of news and politics for YouTube, says, how readers and citizens are participating in documenting news events.
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