In today’s hyper-connected world, news and information can come from anywhere, at any time. No longer do television, newspapers and even mainstream websites have a lock on reporting what’s happening around the globe. When reporting is as simple as sending a Twitter update, we all can be a kind of new school journalist.
A story that comes out of the recent Israeli-Palestine conflict brilliantly illustrates this state of affairs. As an Israeli ban on reporters in the Gaza strip has severely limited the amount of information coming out of the area, a series of text messages from Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert are shedding light to the situation on the ground.
Menassat reports:
Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert arrived one week ago in the Gaza Strip to assist Palestinian healthcare providers as the Israeli offensive drags on. With information limited in the Strip due to an Israeli ban on reporters in the territory, Gilbert has been sending SMS messages that are being forwarded to cell-phones throughout Europe. His messages have become an invaluable accounting of the dire medical situation in the Strip.
Menassat: “Norwegian doctor’s SMS alerts from Gaza spread in Europe”
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