Obama photo exclusive uploaded to Flickr

14 November 2008 | 8:00 - By Stefano Boscutti

So which news organisation landed one of the biggest photo stories of the year, exclusive behind-the-scenes pictures with the Obama family on election night?

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None of them. Obama's personal photographer snapped the photos and uploaded them to Flickr under a Creative Commons license, skipping the media altogether.  The popularity of the photos subsequently crashed the site.  This is what happens when you get the first post-boomer president who actually gets the net.  The future just got brighter.

http://flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/

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14 Nov 2008 12:36 AEST

Jacquie

From: Maroubra

Obama - first new media literate president

There's been so much writtin about Obama's use of blogs, Facebook, etc for his campaign - what a modern president.

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New New Media looks at how our mediascape is exploding to bits. How the latest technology and the internet are changing the way we live, work and play. How the latest media is shaping us all.

Stefano Boscutti is an executive creative director and strategist. He's like a better looking version of Todd Sampson. He also has an abiding faith that stories and wordplay (and not powerpoint presentations) will change the world.

 
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