Twitter Leads To Freedom For Journalist In Egypt

Posted: 16 April 2008 by Kathy E. Gill in Blogs, Social Networks, Twitter

A UC Berkeley graduate journalism student was released from jail after sending an “ARRESTED” message to friends. He was photographing a protest in Mahalla, Egypt. The student, James Karl Buck, is studying Egyptian bloggers as his degree project. (tip via Twitter)

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  1. [...] Twitter Leads To Freedom For Journalist In Egypt [...]

  2. [...] and lo and behold, one already had blogged about the same item several days previous. Kudos to Kathy Gill, a former U. of Georgia colleague now lecturing on digital media at the U. of [...]

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