Technology connects us all each and every day, enabling us to access information, voice our opinions or just share a picture of our favourite pop star falling over on stage.

Thanks to this connectivity, more of us are using technology to capture moments in history and if the mood takes us, we can share that moment with friends, family and even the whole world.

As Ria's post highlighted last Wednesday, the snow prompted people across the country to capture an individual moment and share the information online to create the bigger picture.

Twitterer Janis Krums was aboard a ferry when a plane crash-landed in New York's Hudson River last month. He sent the first pictures of this on his mobile and uploaded them through TwitPic, perfectly illustrating ordinary people in extraordinary situations using technology to share experiences with the world.

Nowadays baby pictures are snapped minutes after birth and sent via MMS or uploaded to Facebook faster than ever, making the new arrivals instant stars with friends and family.

So thanks to technology, eye witness reporting is now so quick, it's beating the newsdesk. Historically we've gone through official channels to hear or read the eye witness accounts, as aggregated by reporters and editors.

Now the Twitters and bloggers of this world are sometimes leading the press pack, which makes for an interesting reversal. Does this mean we're all able to be 'reporters' in a sense now? And how does this effect the importance of official news channels versus eye witness accounts?

We believe the two are equally important in creating the broader picture - have your say in the comments below.