Syria Deeply is a single issue news website on the Syrian Conflict cofounded in December 2012 by Lara Setrakian and Azeo Fables. It is a collaboration with Ushahidi, freelance correspondents in the Middle East and other collaborators. It synthesizes information on the Syria conflict into a single website with sub headings covering issues regarding the Syrian conflict, interactive graphics, Google hangouts and video content. It has been compared to a next generation blog according to Gigaom[1] that was ahead of the explanatory news trend active in 2014.[2]
In 2013 it won a National Press Foundation award for 2013 Excellence in Online Journalism.[3]
- ^ "Syria Deeply and the ongoing unbundling of the news". gigaom.com. 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
- ^ "Syria Deeply and the ongoing unbundling of the news". gigaom.com. Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ "Syria Deeply 2013 Excellence in Online Journalism Award Winner". Retrieved 2014-07-10.