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Paul Lewis

The World

Blogs beat the media in breaking news

August 14, 2013Environment

Paul Lewis, a reporter for The Guardian, speaks about the rise in what’s called citizen journalism, that’s blogs and file-sharing websites, and how it played a role in reporting the Mumbai attacks.

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