“There were no traffic helicopters swooping down to get a better look at the crash and no reporters dispatched to the stretch of highway where the pileup took place that morning. Instead, Japanese TV viewers first saw the crash thanks to another truck driver who used his camera phone to shoot video of the wreckage.” Bruce Rutledge —Conference Panelists See Bright Future for Mobile Publishing (Online Journalism Review)
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