Posted: May 19th, 2008, 6:40pm CEST
Behind the reported events of last week’s earthquake in China, a story of a citizen journalism was emerging. Ronen Medzini, an Israeli student, affected by the earthquake in the Chengdu area was quoted by the Associated Press on the crisis in the area. Medzini’s role in reporting the disaster, which was quickly picked up by other mainstream media, was in itself newsworthy - he reported the devastation around him in a text message sent to the AP, a citizen journalist breaking news on a mobile.