By Fiona Morgan
For those trying to follow the action at the World Trade Organization summit this week, the Seattle Independent Media Center is ground zero both in Seattle -- where the group has opened its offices to visiting journalists -- and in cyberspace. Throughout Tuesday, the site featured constantly updated, if rough, multimedia reports on clashes with police.
One video clip showed a man who said he had been hit in the face with rubber bullets fired by police. Another showed police firing canisters of tear gas into a crowd in tony Westlake Center. Wired News provides an in-depth report on the media center's creation.