Sohaib Athar was thrust into the spotlight last year by unknowingly tweeting about Laden raid . The IT consultant was ` ` just trying to reverse - engineer what might have happened , '' he said . His Twitter activity puts focus on the role of citizen journalists in a digital society . Journalism expert says he became a celebrity when he started digging for information .
Sohaib Athar was thrust into the spotlight last year by unknowingly tweeting bin Laden raid . The IT consultant was `` just trying to reverse-engineer what could have happened , '' he said . His Twitter activity puts focus on the role of citizen journalists in a digital world . Journalism expert says Athar became a journalist when he began digging for information .