#DeadTweet #Syria  Since the start of the uprising in Syria, 38 amateur and professional journalists have been killed. Their only crime: sharing information and spreading the truth. Their main weapons : their mobile telephones and the internet. To pay homage to them, Reporters Without Borders and JWT Paris have brought to life, through a unique Live Tweet, the experience of these men and women who put themselves in harm’s way in order to broadcast information. Advertising Agency: JWT, Paris, FranceCreative Director: Ghislain De VilloutreysCopywriter: Thomas BlancArt Director: Florian AmoneauArt Buying: Valérie TodiscoAccount Manager: Benjamin TaïebRwb Manager: Alexandre JalbertWeb Development: Tim PetricolaPhotograph: Thomas AppertRetouching: Mille Treize
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#DeadTweet #Syria 

Since the start of the uprising in Syria, 38 amateur and professional journalists have been killed. Their only crime: sharing information and spreading the truth. Their main weapons : their mobile telephones and the internet. To pay homage to them, Reporters Without Borders and JWT Paris have brought to life, through a unique Live Tweet, the experience of these men and women who put themselves in harm’s way in order to broadcast information.

Advertising Agency: JWT, Paris, France
Creative Director: Ghislain De Villoutreys
Copywriter: Thomas Blanc
Art Director: Florian Amoneau
Art Buying: Valérie Todisco
Account Manager: Benjamin Taïeb
Rwb Manager: Alexandre Jalbert
Web Development: Tim Petricola
Photograph: Thomas Appert
Retouching: Mille Treize

“If someone had told me just after having this photograph taken with Yasser Arafat in June 2000 that I would someday be participating in the investigation of his death, my stomach would have dropped. ” said Clayton Swisher, based in Doha, covers stories across the Middle East and further afield. Read more http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/revisiting-arafats-last-days
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“If someone had told me just after having this photograph taken with Yasser Arafat in June 2000 that I would someday be participating in the investigation of his death, my stomach would have dropped. ” said Clayton Swisher, based in Doha, covers stories across the Middle East and further afield. Read more http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/revisiting-arafats-last-days

Source: blogs.aljazeera.com