“The entire border is a carpet of human remains.” For the last couple of years, I’ve been reaching out to people who use Facebook to track down loved ones who disappeared crossing the desert. Most don’t want to talk to a reporter. This case was different.https://www.revealnews.org/article/lost-on-the-border-a-decade-later-a-man-finds-his-fathers-remains-on-facebook/ …
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This story is all over Facebook lost-on-the-border pages and individual profiles I follow. The story is purely chronicled by people who are most affected by it. His family. His community. Those who found him. But it’s completely absent English- and Spanish-language media.
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The story I posted about Eliseo Cárdenas Zetina/Los Armadillos focused on the way people use Facebook as a community news service for those searching for and finding loved ones lost on the border. Too many readers, who I assume didn’t actually read the story, missed that.
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Everyday people, wholly unaffiliated with the state or the media, organically created a loose but vibrant community news service on Facebook. Media are always wondering what FB means for the future of news. But few pay enough attention to vulnerable communities to find out.
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