Technology has revolutionised the way we live and see things. It has enhanced TV news coverage in particular, and the ability to report from war zones and dangerous areas. In many conflicts in the twentieth century news could take weeks or even months to reach the reader or viewer/listener. Today it can be instant, a press of a button and seconds later the image or sound can be on air. It means that we largely have a more comprehensive and honest account of what is happening where. While it often doesn’t change anything, it makes it impossible for leaders, governments and organisations to say they didn’t know. TV news today has led to improved accountability and provides important evidence in war crimes cases. It has also led to journalists becoming targets as the chroniclers of truth. Mostly in TV, news stories last less than three minutes. It means that scenes and images that are important to a story and an understanding can be left out. Birtley’s archive, especially for Bosnia with 1400 hours of footage, contains much that has never appeared on TV but, nevertheless provide an important record of how people suffered.
Video Stories
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- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Borneo
- Bosnia
- Chechen Republic
- China
- France
- Guam
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- KLA
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Mynamar
- Nepal
- New Zealand
- North Korea
- Northern Ireland
- PKK
- Qatar
- Rohingya
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Somalia
- Srebrenica
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- Vietnam
