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How vertical video is putting the power of storytelling back in people's hands

Pakistan Published 17 October 2026, 19:26 · archived 17 Oct 2026

As a visual storyteller, I have often found that some of the most compelling footage of an unfolding event comes not from professional cameras, but from mobile phones held by people already at the scene. While covering the Gul Plaza fire in Karachi, I saw the weight that footage captured by bystanders could carry. Recorded in the early moments, before mainstream media arrived, such videos offered glimpses of how the tragedy unfolded. They captured events from the perspective of people who were there, witnessing them in real time. The experience reinforced something I have come to appreciate in...

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