Citizen Journalist Covering Virus Outbreak From Wuhan Goes Missing
- Chen and Fang were documenting the human disaster in Wuhan
- Twitter seen as last line of defense in censorship escalation
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Over the past couple of weeks, Chinese citizen journalists Chen Qiushi and Fang Bin have served as the world’s eyes and ears inside the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the city of Wuhan. Broadcasting via their mobile phones, they’ve offered a glimpse of how dire things have been. Many of those videos have been posted to Twitter and reposted on YouTube.