[[File:Homs-2012-02-09-report 180x144.ogv|right|250px|thumb|Video showing rocket strike near the camera. {{image credit|Baba-Omer via {{w|Bambuser}}}}]]
On February 7 in the Baba Amr district of {{w|Homs}}, {{w|Syria}}, a citizen journalist set up a camera in front of a window inside his home and set up an account on {{w|Bambuser}}, a website where users can stream their live footage from video cameras or mobile phones. <!-- Bambuser February 9, 2012. Footage from February 7 to late February 8 was archived onto the site but removed alter by the user. http://bambuser.com/channel/baba-omer --> Using that website,He hethen began to broadcast the footage live on the {{w|internet}}. Because some of the events outlined in this article, ended up being broadcast live on the internet, the Syrian government was brought to a breaking point. The journalists discussed in this article put their lives on the line in order to show the world a record of their events. In some cases these journalists died in the line of duty, and their deaths may not have been a result of an accident. Evidence outlined in this article suggest that these journalists may have been intentionally targeted by Syrian forces.
