Mahmoud Salem, otherwise known as @sandmonkey to his Twitter followers, provided second by second reports of the uprising in Egypt last month.
His Tweets were picked up by major news organizations around the world. As a result of his reports, Salem won this year's BOBs (Best of Blogs) award in the English catagory.
Salem will speak at American University, Thursday, April 14 about the Arab uprising and the role social media played in it.
For anyone interested how social media is changing the nature of journalism and reporting, this is a "must go" event.
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