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January 02, 2005
Burying the dead and writing a diary
The online issue of the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung leads with an article on the role weblogs are playing in the Asia catastrophe. Here is a rough translation from the first paragraph: "The Internet-diaries of the bloggers are the best source (for information) in this catastrophe. Not only because they create a counter public view to the often toned-down reports from state media. But also because these are first-hand accounts from people who - until last week - were writing about music, film or anything really - until the flood came. The flood that forced them to write about fear, dead friends, missing relatives and graves they dug with their hands. Their eye-witness reports create a real impression of "being there" and they are forging a community, a community that not only blogs - but helps."
Posted by Matthew at January 2, 2005 12:16 PM