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Mobile Newsrooms
The London bombings on both July 7 and July 21 have shown that average citizens know how to break a story. Cellphones are the new mobile newsroom.
Shaping the media with mobiles
By 21 July, the day of the four attempted bombings, and the arrest of the suspects a week later, a routine had been established. Everyone with a mobile phone or a DV camera knew the power of their images and eyewitness accounts - and what to do with them.
The BBC received 67 pictures and 13 videos on 21 July, and a further 20 pictures on the day of the suspects’ arrests. On Sky News, one woman gave a running commentary as police, through a loudhailer, tried to persuade one of the suspects to give himself up. On BBC Radio, another eyewitness was interrupted on-air by what sounded like explosions.
