On Wednesday, TIME's Abigail Hauslohner joined several other print journalists at around midday to travel first to Ajdabiyah, about 100 miles south of the rebel capital Benghazi, and then to Brega, the oil refinery town that is the latest front in the civil war between the revolutionaries and the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Hauslohner has been sending her updates to TIME via SMS, texting being the most efficient, if not the only way, to get reports from the area. This story will be updated throughout the day.
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Ah, texting. Good for more than just flirting. I wonder how long it will be until the majority of news will be communicated via texting. Maybe major news corporations should look into sending texts with the days biggest news stories in concise form, then again, this would probably be another step down in journalism quality. How good can a story be in two sentences?
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