A woman whose husband was killed in Wednesday’s bridge collapse (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Here’s some coverage of the tragic bridge collapse in Minneapolis. Mainstream media certainly did a better job than citizen media on this one, though the first-person accounts were harrowing.
Disappointing, though, that I didn’t see a single traditional news organization offer video or photo slide shows that could be embedded by bloggers into their sites.
Washington Post photo gallery (25 amazing images, but hate the ad that precedes it)
New York Times multimedia slide show
Bridge collapse and 35w Bridge on Flickr
Bridge collapse footage on YouTube (mostly from local TV stations)
Photo on NowPublic
Topix.net discussion forum
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I’ve written a comprehensive account of the role citizen journalism played in covering the Minneapolis bridge collapse. It is absolutely fascinating how the citizen coverage played out. You can read about it at my blog here: Minneapolis Bridge Collapse & Citizen Journalism.