The Manchester Mix site became the centre of a news story in the city this afternoon with live reporting of a bus fire at Piccadilly Gardens.
At the scene, Josh (@technicalfault on twitter) not only snapped a quick picture but also captured a short audioBoo with a witness.
The Posterous site has been in existence for almost six months and been used to post everything from vouchers to details about upcoming demos or meetings but this is the first venture into live news for the site. Although it doesn’t have to be the last……..
In response to my tweet inquiry earlier this evening, Josh said the easy to update format of the site (contributions can simply be emailed) means more coverage of this sort would be easily achievable.
“Anyone is free to use the Manchester Mix Posterous for news and/or reporting – I see it like a local (edited) noticeboard.
“I haven’t really fleshed it out as an idea – just a bit of a quiet experiment. I do love the ease of the platform though.”
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