Remembering 7/7: Digital coverage of the anniversary

A day after London was celebrating winning the bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, the capital was the target of four suicide bomb attacks, killing 52 bystanders and injuring more than 770 people.

Here's how some news organisations are remembering the victims and the survivors a decade later.

BuzzFeed


Screengrab from BuzzFeed's interactive feature

BuzzFeed asked readers to share what they remembered of the devastating event in an interactive feature that unfolds as readers scroll down, revealing pictures, quotes and short audio snippets.

Readers can follow the red line which ties together the material, itself divided into four sections – 'the rumours', 'the bombs', 'the response' and 'the aftermath' – and also displays how the day unfolded at the bottom of the article.

Sky News


Screengrab from Sky News' immersive timeline

Sky News's immersive timeline features a detailed account of events on the day. Readers can scroll down to read how everything happened from the moment the terrorists set off, and the text is accompanied by images, including CCTV material and UGC content.

The story can also be explored from a map showing each of the four locations where the bombs were placed and there is a section that features short video interviews with some of the survivors of the attack, overlaid with footage from the day.

Axel Springer


Screengrab of a map used in a feature on Je reste Charlie

One of the teams from Springer Akademie, Axel Springer's School of Journalism, yesterday launched a multimedia project called 'Je reste Charlie' ('I remain Charlie').

The project's aim is to "show how important it is, in spite of the terrorist threat, not to allow yourself to be intimidated, but to remain courageous".

The 19 young journalists created a website with stories in English, French and German of different terrorist bomb attacks that have taken place around the world in recent years.

So far, the locations include London, New York, Belfast, Oslo, Paris, Jerusalem and Madrid, but the website will be updated in the coming months with new stories.

The London section features the story of Sudhesh Dahad, a survivor of the July 7 attacks, but also a video interview with Thomas Matussek, the 2005 German ambassador in London and a feature portraying the day of the attack in text and pictures.

BBC News


Screengrab of BBC News' graphic showing the victims' position inside a tube carriage

BBC News is commemorating the events by showcasing the stories of the fifty two victims of the attack.

It features pictures of those who lost their lives, grouped into the four London areas where the bombings took place and explains how each person came to be in that location, at that time on July 7.

Separately, the BBC has also published a more interactive feature, which includes a map of London showing where the bombs were detonated and graphics portraying people's approximate position inside the tube carriage versus the terrorist and the bomb.

Guardian Witness

The Guardian is using its home for user-generated content to ask people for text, video or audio submissions of what they remember from 7 July 2005, whether they were present when the events unfolded or not.

The project expires in eight days and so far, 98 people have contributed written accounts of their memories from the day and some of their stories have already been featured on The Guardian.

The Huffington Post

To mark the ten year anniversary of the terrorist attacks, The Huffington Post has created a special series entitled 'Beyond the Bombings'.

It features interviews, blogs, in-depth reporting and research looking at how things have changed in Britain following the devastating event.

Some of the coverage includes an exclusive blog post from London's mayor, Boris Johnson and a feature on the reunion between 7/7 survivor Gill Hicks and the police officer who saved her life a decade ago.

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