SYRIA: Citizen journalists risk their lives to tell stories

Record ID: 280368

  • Title: SYRIA: Citizen journalists risk their lives to tell stories
  • Date: 2nd March 2012
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) CITIZEN JOURNALIST WHO GAVE HIS NAME AS MOHAMMAD SAYING: "My role is...I have friends who bring me the footage that they film, they risk their lives to film the moment of the strike of a shell and go to field hospitals to film the injured and the children. My role is to cut the footage and send it over the internet. Whatever we are able to send, ten se
  • Embargoed: 17th March 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Communications,Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA2SFKICA0A809B2NOKLCI0E33D
  • Story Text: With independent media severely restricted in Syria, citizen journalists are trying to fill the void by risking their lives to capture developments and upload videos on the internet despite technical difficulties.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
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