Re: [videoblogging] hurricane katrina mobcast

[B Yen]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/30/sitroom.01.html "People have been checking this blog, it's DancingWithKatrina.Blogspot.com, for information about the area. What does he tell the people that are reading there? First of all, there's a lot of confusion a lot of destruction. He doesn't want to give out too much information, because there's just so much confusion about what is going on. " ABBI TATTON, CNN INTERNET CORRESPONDENT I guess it was another blog..sorry. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/30/sitroom.03.html "ACKI SCHECHNER, BLOG REPORTER: Well, we heard from several of our reporters now, Wolf, about how difficult it is to communicate now. And one of things I wanted to show you is how people are using communities online to get information out and also, frankly, to ask for help. Sort of in light of the story that we just saw. This is CraigsList.com, this is a community site. People find furniture here, housing, they look for partners. Now it's being used in New Orleans for lost and found. This is the area where people usually post for things like jewelry and sweaters. Now they're looking for human being. People are posting things like this, we are missing family members. Help us out. E-mail us, contact us. This is who we're looking for. Also, I am desperate, a woman looking for her father last known to be working in the French Quarter. The other thing the site is being used for, which is interesting, is generosity. We're seeing an outpouring of this online. Do you need a place to stay? I have a room in my home as far away as Oklahoma. Another one in Mesa, Arizona. If you've been evacuated and you don't have a home to go back to, people are offering up rooms in there home for free, let us know if we can help. Another thing people are doing is offering their volunteer services online. People who just have the time and the energy and want to help. They are posting. So it's a good place to go if you're out of the area and you want to get some information about what's going on there. People who are willing to help you out at CraigsList.com. Just one of many communities we're seeing today online that are being posted to bring people together in light of the fact that there's not that much communication out there -" On Aug 30, 2005, at 1:06 PM, Andy Carvin wrote: Was it?!? How the hell did I miss that; I've been watching cnn all day.  I saw them talking about the blogspot done by a pair of reporters, but  not me. Boy, did I pick the wrong time to zone out. ac B Yen wrote: your blogspot was shown on CNN a short while ago, by their Internet   Reporter On Aug 30, 2005, at 11:05 AM, Andy Carvin wrote: Hi everyone, I've just launched an open blog and mobcast for people interested in following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: http://katrina05.blogspot.com/ The blog is set up so that anyone can post a blog entry, podcast or photo to the site. I'm particularly hoping that residents of the Gulf Coast will be willing to call in and let people know how things are going for them. Similarly, anyone who would like to share ways to help out, or wishes to share their thoughts on the hurricane, may post as well. (I'm still trying to figure out an automated mechanism for   posting video.) Here's how to participate. Post a blog entry: Send an email to katrina2005.comments @ blogger.com. The title of your email will be the title of the blog entry, and the email body will be the blog entry body. If you don't want your contact information, you should remove your signature file. Attachments will not be posted. Record a podcast:   Dial 1-415-856-0205   Enter login 515-515-5555   PIN code 2005, then the # key   Record your message   Press the # key to save, then the 1 key to post Post a photo:   The website is collecting photos from Flickr.com that are tagged   with the word "hurricanekatrina." Simply log on to Flickr (or create an account), upload photos, and use this tag. Photos appear in the right column of the blog's homepage. I've also set up a "tag-o-rama" inside the right column of the   blog. It displays links to relevant key words like hurricane, katrina and new orleans, linking to tagged content from Technorati (blogs), Flickr (photos) and del.icio.us (websites). Please feel free to share this email with anyone who might be   interested in participating. thanks, andy --  ----------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ----------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------  ~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). 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