[meteorite-list] RT Tops YouTube 2013 Trending News Videos with Chelyabinsk Footage

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:58:01 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <201312120058.rBC0w15P012074_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://rt.com/news/rt-tops-youtube-trending-082/

RT tops YouTube 2013 trending news videos
rt.com
December 11, 2013

RT's footage of the Chelyabinsk meteorite has been recognized by YouTube,
as the website looks back on what's been trending in 2013. The video received
38.5 million views - thanks to viewers like you, who helped make and share
the footage.

Just months after RT became the first news network to join YouTube's "One
Billion Views" club, it was revealed that the channel's compilation of
the Chelyabinsk meteorite footage had become the most viewed online news
video since February 2013.

While RT's documentary crew captured the first footage of the aftermath,
the channel's web team immediately began collecting local videos of the
rare cosmic event and broadcasted the first eyewitness accounts.

As a result, RT was the only international channel to show almost instant
live coverage of the event, with all other broadcasters relying on its
feed. For that, it was awarded the Golden Nymph for the Best 24-hour News
Program at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.

As of Wednesday, RT's viral meteorite video - which was made from four
dashcam clips and a webcam clip courtesy of YouTube users - had received
38,556,333 views, with 55,955 likes and counting.

Other most trending videos include the terrorist attack at the Boston
Marathon - posted by The Boston Globe - which received 24.4 million views.
Footage of the Texas fertilizer plant explosion also made the list. The
blast was caught on camera by a motorist, and received 23.3 million views.

The bulk of the list shows what the internet news reader is after - raw,
first-hand videos of incidents and people playing a direct role in them.
This trend defines "a new kind of visual journalism," according to the
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ).

It also highlights interest in live news stories, as opposed to entertainment
clips. This year, RT's video came just 3.5 million views short of entering
the overall list of YouTube's trending videos. What will the next year
bring us? Question more!
Received on Wed 11 Dec 2013 07:58:01 PM PST