Mumbai attacks sparks off flurry of citizen journalism

By 1am in India, anyone in the world could see for themselves the carnage of bombed out taxis, injured victims and police with rifles nervously controlling crowds.

"I have always been a shutterbug. Would love to be a photo journalist someday!" - Vinukumar Ranganathan

clipped from blogs.telegraph.co.uk Did the horrific scenes from Mumbai this week provide a defining moment for citizen-journalism? The response on blogs, Twitter, Flickr and other social media sites to India's worst terrorist attacks has attracted unprecedented attention. For good or for bad, these communities shaped how this story was transmitted to the world. It was a vivid reminder that the internet has made well-placed amateurs and independent journalists more powerful than ever before. In a matter of hours, Ranganathan had become one of the world's most famous citizen journalists to date. By 1am in India, anyone in the world could see for themselves the carnage of bombed out taxis, injured victims and police with rifles nervously controlling crowds.