
The shuttering of foreign bureaus of U.S. news organizations and resulting use of more independent journalists to report foreign stories have been known for some time. (Domestically, news organizations have scaled back other bureaus, including those in Washington.) As a result, even news organizations rely on those early tweets and blob posts from eyewitnesses and are weaving them into their stories when unrest occurs.
All the more reason, communicators, for you to build solid relationships with your local bloggers, no matter what their subject is--you never know when they'll come in handy, and they may be placing the first phone calls you field in an emergency.

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