Reuters compiles 5 years of journalism on Iraq war onto multimedia website
Posted by Carolyn Lo on March 20, 2008 at 3:18 PM
The introduction states the website's mission is: "bearing witness that the story of Iraq is not lost." The website is a comprehensive documentation of the five years of the war, including video footage, images, interviews with journalists who have covered the conflict, a visual timeline of the War, and more. It also supplies viewers maps and dangers of reporting in such a dangerous country, including a map of journalist fatalities.
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In case you've missed it, <b>Reuters</b> has created a documentary website, "<a href="http://iraq.reuters.com/">Bearing Witness</a>," to commemorate the War in Iraq. It is an excellent example of merging online journalism and multimedia to engage the viewer. <br /><br />
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