Christopher Moessner/Advocacy and Communications Intern
Christopher Moessner, an intern in CPJ's advocacy and communications department, has worked as an editor in Beirut. As a freelance writer, he has contributed to various publications in the U.S. and Middle East.
![This screenshot from YouTube dated Wednesday is said to show the shelling of Homs as recorded by Rami al-Sayed before his death.](https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/livestream.syria_.jpg?w=400&h=251&crop=1)
As live streaming expands, challenges intensify
The world lost one of the only direct windows into the carnage in Homs, Syria, when Rami al-Sayed’s video live stream went dark Tuesday. A citizen journalist, al-Sayed was live streaming the Assad regime’s bombardment of Baba Amr and the brutal after-effects when he was struck by shrapnel and bled to death soon after, according…