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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Following the Revolution: Best sources for watching the news unfold in real-time


Mahmoud Ahmadinijad and the current ruling government in Iran are about to do one of two very different things. They are either going to crack-down on their citizens by massive violent action and bloodshed - or- they are going to crumble and fall. Either way these are very exciting times on the streets of Tehran.

The photo: Iranians on the street in Tehran Saturday, June 20, 2009
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The Huffington Post has been providing remarkably reliable breaking news. They are particularly fortunate to have Nico Pitney live-blogging 10 to 15 hours a day. Nico's blog is monitored by every major news agency on the planet and a lot of the information you see on the daily TV news comes first from Nico. Go to the source yourself.
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, however, has become the real overnight sensation. I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people have joined Twitter over the past several days, but it has become very clear that that Facebook and is so five-minutes ago while Twitter is the choix du jour.
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But for some absolutely fascinating journalism try Nico Pitney's blog. Here's a real-time example of Nico's work over at The Huffington Post:
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"Freeway overtaken by battle with the basij. Reported to be from today, near Azadi Square. It's a bit difficult to tell what's happening here but it seems that the basij are the smaller crowd on the right hand side, being confronted by the much larger crowd of demonstrators."
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The above piece originated in Iran about 20-minutes ago. A little more than 15-minutes ago it went out to the world on Nico's bog. Let's see the major networks beat that!
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Olive Tree News is also deserving of serious attention. They have been doing a lot of very good, very fast reporting. Go to: olivetreenews.com You can follow Olive Tree News on Twitter at
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on Saturday, June 20, 2009

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