We’re getting first takes on citizen media response on Haiti. Blogs, photos, video, Twitter, mapping platforms, beginnings of collaboration between citizen initiatives, development organizations, and mass media. Today’s going to be a busy day.
I’ve been adding links to this post throughout the day. Noticing, due to the lack of access to telephony and internet, a relative paucity of sources. That will change quickly as the relief effort gears up. I hope that we see efforts to include and amplify Haitian voices and perspectives as the relief machinery kicks into gear. Please send links if you know ‘em. Categorizing:
Links from citizen media blogs and platforms:
Global Voices special coverage page Haiti earthquake 2010, and selected posts:
- In the aftermath of earthquake, eyewitness tweets from Haiti.
- Haiti: earthquake!
- Diaspora Mobilize to Help Haiti in Earthquake Aftermath.
- Haiti: Experiences of the Earthquake.
Ushahidi platform setup on Haiti at haiti/ushahidi.com. An Ushahidi blog post details other tracking information mapping and tracking efforts and platforms, including OpenStreetMap, GeoCommons, Sahana, and InSTEDD.
Haitifeed.com, a Haiti-based blog, providing a range of content.
Dan Kennedy roundup at his blog Media Nation: Citizen media and the earthquake in Haiti.
Reuters Alertnet Haiti earthquake liveblog.
NYT”s The Lede: Wednesday: Updates on Haiti’s Earthquake.
Twitter:
Curated Twitter feed from Georgia Popplewell focusing on content from inside Haiti.
Another curated feed from Jillian York, with content from Haiti and relief agencies.
Miami Herald Tweets from and about Haiti after the earthquake.
Wikipedia: 2010 Haiti earthquake page.
Links in French:
Live audio stream in French/Creole.
Radio Metropole reports, including citizen perspectives, and a list of damaged buildings.
Other:
Haitian Times, online news source
A useful BBC story and video: Earthquake devastation emerges in Haiti.
Listindiario.com, from Santo Domingo in DR across the border, in Spanish.
USGeological Survey podcast, for the science behind the quake.
UN ReliefWeb, general information and latest updates.
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January 13, 2010 at 2:22 pm
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[...] Posted by ninjanurse under World News | Tags: earthquake, Haiti | Leave a Comment Burning Bridge has a link to citizen response to the disaster. [...]
January 15, 2010 at 12:29 am
globalkiosk
A great blog. And I agree that the people of Haiti will need to direct the rebuilding efforts, so that any aid money that comes in benefits them directly. A return to the status quo would be even more tragic than this already devastating event.
February 21, 2010 at 2:56 am
Windsor Mortgage
Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are being held there . We hope that we all can approach the situation with love as it is needed not only for the volunteers, the children but also for the officials in Haiti.
November 1, 2010 at 7:21 pm
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