Death of U.S. Activist-Journalist in Mexico Highlights Role of Indy Media

Protesters with bandanas covering their faces hurl rocks at armed men down the narrow street. A gunshot rings out, then another, and the camera's view falls to the ground as its microphone picks up screams of pain.

The shocking video in which Bradley Roland Will recorded his own death made him a hero not only to the leftist movement he was covering, but also to a growing army of independent activist-journalists both covering and participating in ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Rod Amis - Dec 9, 2006 - 10:06 AM PST
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by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

Informative, well-sourced analysis of the impact of Brad Will's death in Mexico on the view of independent, "citizen" journalists in the mainstream and among their peers. Worth consideration.

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