Recent news events from Joplin to Tripoli have provided plenty of examples of how news has become a real-time experience, something you observe and discuss as it’s happening rather than waiting hours or days to watch or read.
You may have lost the weekend of August 20 to Andy Carvin’s furious chronicling of the fall of Tripoli. Perhaps you followed along with Brian Stelter as he tweeted his observations and photos of the devastation left by the tornado in Joplin, Mo. Maybe you watched the minute-by-minute drama leading up to the execution of Troy Davis, or read tweets about the East Coast earthquake before you felt it. Earlier this week, it was the helicopter crash in the East River.
Mentioned later in the article is 2008-2009 Reynolds Fellow Matt Thompson:
This choice – to go about your day or catch up on what you missed – is what makes “The Storm Collection,” a new video from Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson, so interesting. Their previous effort, “EPIC 2014,” envisioned a world in which everyone (except news outlets) contributes to an expansive information database that is tailored for each individual. The vision becomes less farfetched, and less unnerving, every year.
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