Citizen media follows the war in Gaza

By: Priscila Néri, Posted: Jan 5 09

Issues: Armed conflict, Humanitarian, Violence

Tags: citizen media, civilian casualties, Gaza, Global Voices, Hamas, Ikbis, MobileActive, twitter

Several citizen media websites have been covering the fighting in Gaza, which has left over 500 people dead in the last 10 days. Here are a few of them:

1 - Global Voices' special coverage of Gaza Strip Bombings

2 - Ikbis, a regional video-sharing platform, created a special channel for people to people to upload videos and contribute to the coverage here

3 - Al Jazeera launched a new site for citizens to send report from Gaza via SMS and Twitter. Read MobileActive's post on the initiative and then visit the channel here.

4 - Gazanews on Twitter has over 1,000 updates and 1,947 followers so far...

We'll be adding to this list throughout the day. Do you know of others? If so, please let us know and join the conversation by leaving a comment below.

Priscila Néri's blog | 1710 reads | Subscribe

Comments

Add Comment

From the same group that brought us Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico, Alive in Gaza launched about a week ago featuring reports from the ground and daily audio dispatches from Gazan citizen journalist Sameh Habbeb. Check it out here:

http://aliveingaza.org/

More Gaza bloggers reporting

By erwin v. on Jan 8 09

Raising Yousuf and Noor: diary of a Palestinian mother - http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/

Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot - http://gaza-sderot.blogspot.com/

Lamentations-Gaza - http://lamentations-gaza.blogspot.com/

Moments of Gaza - http://gaza08.blogspot.com/

In Gaza - http://ingaza.wordpress.com/

RafahKid ft. Rafah Pundits - http://rafahkid.blogspot.com/

Diaries: Live from Palestine - http://www.electronicintifada.net/v2/diaries.shtml

The Palestinian Information Center - http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/en/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd%2fF7pkg...

(List originally assembled on http://www.humo.be/tws/actua/16373/gaza-videoblogt.html)

More reports from citizen journalists

By Priscila Néri on Jan 7 09

1) From OneWorld, a list of organizations working on the ground as well as SMS reports sent in by youth in Gaza, like this one from Fairouz:

"Last night at 3:20 a.m. our neighbors informed us that buildings close to our home will be bombarded and that it wasn't safe for us to stay. We grabbed our ID cards, money and some bed covers and went to a nearby park where all the people were gathering. We had to call relatives and move in with them. The situation is really miserable. I was supposed to graduate and now we are left without electricity, water...not even a house."

Read more here: http://us.oneworld.net/alerts/gaza

2) Palestinian bloggers writing directly from Gaza: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/01/06/palestine-communicating-with-ga...

can you include Sameh's daily reports-he's 23 year old from GAZA

By niamh moloughney on Jan 7 09

Working on Youth in Action Peace Project and like Sameh have been using facebook but need an alternative facebook as unsure if it's making them more visiable and more of a target, your assistance would be so appreciated.
Here's Sameh's letter to media and friends.

Dear Editors, Journalists and Friends,
The ground military operation started 24 hours ago. Below is a new report for the 9th day of Gaza War and the outcomes of Israeli invasion. For more reporting, breaking news, interviews and accounts in Gaza, you could reach me on my contact info below. Please try both numbers below because there is a big problem in communication resulted in Israeli power cuts.
I'm available 24 hours for media coverage in occupied Gaza. You could reach me any time in my house. welcome to call me on this number in the night: Landline: 0097282802825

Mob: 00972599306096
Landline: 0097282802825
E-mail: Sam_hab@hotmail.com
Sameh.habeeb@gmail.com
Skype: Gazatoday, Facebook: Sameh A. habeeb
Web: www.gazatoday.blogspot.com
Daily Photos:http://picasaweb.google.com/sameh.habeeb