Issue no. 265 - 29 March 2003

• Conflict of interest: the sites you need to see (Guardian)
  For the first time, war has outstripped sex as the most frequent web search term according to internet service Freeserve. This thirst for information has been matched by increased traffic on news sites. Yahoo! said traffic levels were three times higher in the hour after George Bush told Americans that war had started, while hits at Guardian Unlimited and BBC News Online have increased by at least 30%. The second Gulf war has also seen the acceptance of the weblog by the mainstream media. see also Blogging the War: A Guide (Washington Post).

• Improved Tools Turn Journalists Into a Quick Strike Force (New York Times)
  Reporters covering the war in Iraq are at one with their technology as never before. Television reporters are toting hand-held video cameras and print journalists have traded the 70-pound satellite phones of the 1991 Gulf War for svelte models that can be held up to their ear. High-speed Internet lines in the desert and more satellites in the sky mean journalists can make a connection almost anywhere. As the conflict unfolds, they are tapping into the global communications grid regularly.

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