New York Times: Behind the anonymous video nominated for a Polk Award
February 22nd, 2010 | No Comments | Posted 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.
Tags: George Polk, Iran, Neda Agha-Soltan, Polk Award, Video, YouTube
Similar posts:
- YouTube and PBS partner to broadcast election day action
- NYTimes.com: Polk award for anonymous video of Iranian protestor Neda’s death
- YouTube names winner of videojournalism contest
- lostremote: Newspaper pulls viral ‘homeless voice’ clip from YouTube
- News channel’s cit-j footage of Oakland shooting goes viral
