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The philanthropic use of innovative media to fight donor fatigue
II recently posted articles related to disasters in Haiti and Chile, including II Spanish Editor Andrea Ballocchi’s post as she described reaching her family thru Twitter. I had already started to think about emergencies more broadly and the role interactive media plays, and what new technologies, networks and devices are making an impact. There is a lot going on! In the coming weeks II will publish my series of articles to review this wide topic in more detail.
Student journalism project evolves into humanitarian effort after deadly tsunami
In 2006, 20 UNC and Chilean students spent 10 days in Robinson Crusoe Island, off the coast of Chile, to document its land, culture, and people for their award-winning multimedia project, Chasing Crusoe. Four years later, they learned that a recent tsunami caused by the Chilean earthquake devastated the small island and its people. By leveraging their multimedia storytelling skills, the former students quickly acted, in what has become a full-fledged grassroots humanitarian campaign.
The importance of social media during natural disasters: a first-hand perspective in the aftermath of the Chile earthquake
II Spanish editor Andrea Ballocchi is Chilean, and she recently underwent the traumatic experience of frantically trying to contact her loved ones in the minutes and hours after the earthquake in Santiago. She wanted to provide her personal account here to detail the vital role that social media played in enabling her to quickly learn about the extent of the damage and connect with her family. Her first-hand perspective proves the importance of not only social media, but also of citizen journalists in providing the breaking information that we’ve traditionally gotten from news websites.
El Mundo wowed me with their Haiti multimedia coverage
I have been tracking multimedia work documenting the Haiti earthquake since I wrote about the initial packages I saw two weeks ago, and I can say without a doubt that El Mundo’s multimedia coverage is the best I’ve seen thus far. In particular, their graphics team constructed three excellent step graphics depicting the scope of the earthquake, the inefficiencies in building construction, and the use of the USNS COMFORT, a Navy hospital ship, during the relief efforts. Regardless if you don’t understand the Spanish text, I highly recommend that you spend some time navigating around the graphic and admiring the high-quality 3D illustrations, smooth animations, and detailed analysis of these topics.
Multimedia and social media coverage of the Haiti earthquake
The recent earthquake in Haiti has brought untold devastation and destruction to an already impoverished country. I have been highly impressed with the use of multimedia and social media to spread awareness about this natural disaster. People’s efforts to make Haiti’s crisis an international crisis by utilizing numerous technologies has enabled them to act quickly and efficiently.
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