AN ARMY OF DIGITAL CAMERAMEN: Richard Fernandez on the amateur tsunami video. “Photojournalists will still dominate scheduled events, like sporting matches and press conferences, with their pro equipment and training. But statistics is against them when it comes to capturing news. The world is big and professional photojournalists are few. . . . For good or ill, the chroniclers of our times will be the event participants themselves.”

You know, somebody should write a book on this phenomenon.