Everybody's a Journalist at Basetrack’s Facebook page

Three photojournalists embedded with the First Battalion in Afghanistan are posting dispatches on Basetrack.org, a cool map-based site funded by a Knight Foundation Grant. While the site is terrific, the project’s Facebook page has turned into a unique experience of its own — a sort of collaborative journalism crossed with a support group.

Basetrack updates are mixed with posts from family members. Some post photos, others ask for them, and Basetrack photographers respond in comments. The response has been overwhelming.

And all because Basetrack decided to set their wall to “Basetrack+others”, allowing anyone to post to a tight-knit community of military families, desperate to hear any development from the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan.

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