25 years after 9/11: how the attacks reshaped the global media industry
Marking 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, France 24's media programme Scoop examines how journalists covered the events and how the news industry changed as a result.
This year marks 25 years since terrorists hijacked passenger planes and flew them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, while a fourth aircraft crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and significantly altered the course of both US and world history.
This week, France 24's media programme Scoop looks back at how journalists covered the September 11 attacks and examines the lasting impact the events had on the news industry as a whole. The show explores the unprecedented challenge faced by newsrooms covering the unfolding crisis in real time, as well as the broader, longer-term changes the attacks brought to journalistic practice.
A turning point for news coverage
The 9/11 attacks are widely regarded as a defining moment for modern news coverage, given the scale and speed at which information spread through television and other media at the time. Scoop's retrospective look, coming nearly a quarter-century later, focuses on how this shaped expectations of live reporting during major crises.
The programme aims to offer perspective on how the profession responsible for informing the public during moments of crisis has evolved since this historic event, and how its effects continue to be felt in media work today.
