What a crazy few years it has been lately, with all these manmade and natural disasters. And just how much has technology changed media coverage of these events?! It was a chilling (and literally hair-raising) experience for me watching Al-Jazeera's live streaming of the earthquakes and resulting tsunamis in Japan on Friday, 11 March 2011 - on my laptop. And then later watching YouTube on my TV, thanks to the Wi-Fi enabled Blu-Ray player, plus all the tweets and photographs in newspapers and online media sites. We at Bizcommunity.com send our thoughts and prayers to that brave, stoic nation and thank all those professional and citizen journalists for keeping the world up-to-date with everything. Respect. We've provided links at the bottom of Chris Moerdyk's column today to Rescue South Africa, which is looking for further donations for its mission to Japan to join other international relief efforts. Sterkte Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz) Managing editor PS The latest Ornico Ad Showcase features TV ads for Continental, Volvo, 1st for Women, Appletiser and Capitec, and radio ads for SABC1, SABC2, Hyundai Getz, SAA and BMW.
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