The second photo released of the crash was posted to Flickr by acclaimed citizen journalist, Gregory Lam.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Citizen Journalism, Twitter At Work
When the plane crashed/landed safety in the Hudson River last year, the very first news and photo of the accident was posted to twitter. (http://twitter.com/jkrums/status/1121915133) CNN, MSN or NBC didn't get the first look. Janis Krums from Sarasota, Florida did and he shared it with the world via his twitter account which is now followed by about 7,000 users. He delivered big news in 140 characters or less to the public. I just checked out his twitter page (i'm following) and his bio says, "The Miracle on the Hudson Photo Guy, Latvian, Co-Founder of Elementz Nutrition and InboxAlarm, Investor in AIT Bridges." Yes, he is the Miracle on the Hudson Photo Guy. He is also a business man. He is a citizen journalist. We all are or at least can be right? He didn't go to college for journalism, he didn't spend his years wrapped up in newspapers and interning at the Inquirer, but he delivered true news. He, for about a moment--the time it took him to snap the photo and post to twitter--was a journalist.
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If citizen journalism is about getting news (facts) out to people, then he did a great job by beating major news networks. I true journalsim is always prepared for news and he was that day. True statement about not necessarily needing to spend years in the classroom to e a journalist. I agree.
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