Thomas Rogers

Thomas Rogers
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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December 07
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Deputy Editor
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Open Salon
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I'm an associate editor at Salon. I live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where I spend far too much time tripping on subway steps.

JUNE 15, 2009 11:34AM

How to follow the Iran protests: Twitter, blogs and more

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Even as the authorities clamp down on the opposition, and foreign news outlets are forced out of the country, information continues to flow out of the country on blogs, YouTube, and, most of all, Twitter.

You can follow the unfiltered Twitter coverage at #irancoverage, but as many news outlets warn, it's hard to tell the gossip from the reliable news. If you're looking for a more manageable approach, here are some of the more high-profile new media sources:

Photo blogging:

Tehran24 is a blog posting pictures and videos from the streets of Tehran -- including some dramatic pictures of Iranians setting protest fires and running away from police forces.

More photos are available on Flickr and on Picasa.

Noteworthy Tweeters (with some of their latest tweets) include:

Bahram81 (posting images of protest) (ADDED)

 "more pics from rally http://bit.ly/aFGKo #iranelection"

Madyar (lots of images, video links) (ADDED)

" woooow... police on the roof of some places near Azadi St started shooting to the people who are in Azadi St #iranelection"

Amin Abbaspour (Iranian software engineer):

"@brl85 http://twitpic.com/7gsk8 - wow... its about time to say goodbye to dictator Ahmadinejad."

Persiankiwi who reports:

 " we are going offline to get a phone free for calling out. we are also moving location - too long here - is dangerous. #Iranelection"

Change for Iran (Twitter thread by a student caught in a dorm):

"there are now rumors of mousavi's site being hacked and the whole rally is IRG's trap. gun placements at azadi square confirmed"

LaraABCNews (ABC News reporter Lara Setrakian, working from Iran):

"Wires report injuries and at lst 1 death from Mousavi rally, tho contacts there say the mood was peaceful, not mayhem #iranelection"

Tehran Bureau (An Iranian online magazine):

"and now this. I wonder if 57 is going to visit us again. 57 is the revolution, i do not think it is likely, it might fade away."

Via Stellaa (from comments): http://iran.twazzup.com/ a great one-stop dashboard for Iran tweets

For more Iran-based Twitter streams, a great list is available here and a fascinating Tweet-map (which charts Tweets by geographical location) is online here.

 Video:

User ardalan44 has uploaded some great video from the weekend's protests on to YouTube:

 

View of protest march from above (via mahrahimi)

 

 

From Mousavi 1388, terrifying video of men on motorcycles breaking up a demonstration:

 

 Another video, obtained by Salon, shows crowds chanting in Velenjak, north of Tehran, on Sunday night:

 

 

And please post your own favorite sources in the comments below. We'll add to our list after we've had a chance to check them out.

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Here are some other good sites:
http://niacblog.wordpress.com/
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html

The television coverage is awful. If you get BBC, I've seen some pretty good clips from there so it might be better.
http://www.michaeltotten.com/

This guy has really been keeping up to date on it... while we ran headlines that Six Flags was filing bankruptcy, BBC was running the truth.
This is mind-boggling, Thomas. And frightening to was a revolution evolve. All of your links are bookmarked and or "Followed" -- Thank you for this.

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Correction: ".....and frightening to waTch.."
Thomas, add this one, it's got everything http://iran.twazzup.com/
very helpful - thanks all
Thomas, this is a fantastic video: http://tiny.cc/tR0Rv
I think something has happened to Amin Abbaspour
The twitter change for iran is pretty interesting! Thanks! The net shows the real truth that television channels are hidding!
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