Why The New York Times eliminated its social media editor position | Poynter. '“At the beginning there was some resistance among my colleagues about using these tools,” Preston said. “What did I hear at the very beginning? ‘Twitter is all about what people are having for lunch.’ Now, no one says that anymore.”' (tags: socialmedia [...]
Nicholas Christakis on the networked nature of Twitter » Nieman Journalism Lab How do you look beyond standard (and, per Christakis’ anecdotal evidence, misleading) metrics like Twitter follower/Facebook friend counts and find more meaningful metrics of influence? (tags: socialmedia twitter influence gvsocmed)
Because not everything I’m interested in sharing feels CFR-worthy and because 140 characters sometimes just aren’t enough, I’ve started posting again over at Tumblr.
Start by leaving the country a few days before the event (not that you know it’s going to happen). About five days is good, say, around July 22, 1990. Make sure the place you’re going is far from any established West Indian community. Northern California is a workable option. On the morning of the event [...]
Generation Y » Fish Eyes Fascinating post by Cuban über-blogger Yoani Sánchez about the security cameras scattered about Havana and the unwitting testimony they provide to certain of the activities of of the Cuban state. (tags: cuba)
In recent times, the photo below has appeared in two Trinidad and Tobago publications, UWI Today and Newsday. In both cases the photo was used to advertise a public lecture by the photo’s subject, writer Thomas Glave—a lecture, I should add, that I’m glad to see taking place, as it presents a rare opportunity for [...]
Filmmaker: I want to give the world a different view of Haiti – CNN.com Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck on Haiti after the earthquake.
Photo of 3canal by Jeffrey Chock So perhaps I’m a little biased when it comes to 3canal. After all, they’ve been CFR’s official house band since 2005, and the bond is especially strong around where Carnival is concerned. Caribbean Free Radio’s very first podcast was recorded in 3canal’s offices amidst the madness of Carnival Friday [...]
Zafen.org – Coming Soon! Haiti-specific Kiva.org and donation site rolled into one: "Zafen, Creole for "It's our business," soon will offer you the opportunity to lend or contribute to sustainable economic development projects in Haiti. "By providing support to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, together we can bolster the Haitian economy, create new jobs, and [...]
Having spent the last year doing a house renovation, and one that’s involved a fair amount of demolition, I’m naturally intrigued by the conversations around the rebuilding of Haiti post-earthquake. We hear yesterday that they’ve begun to tear down the damaged buildings in Port-au-Prince, even though an official demolition plan is yet to be announced. [...]
How to evaluate volunteer opportunities in Haiti Excellent post that everyone should read before considering volunteering in Haiti (or any other developing nation, for that matter). Makes the important point that "by working for free volunteers undercut the local labor market. For the cost of a round trip plane ticket a local construction worker could [...]
Grand Rue in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is one of the city’s most disadvantaged neighbourhoods, but also home to a vibrant community of artists who create works of art out of the discarded materials they find in their environment. The area was host to the first Ghetto Biennale in December 2009. This video highlights the impact of [...]
We went into downtown Port-au-Prince again yesterday. We’d via Twitter that food was being distributed near the National Palace, followed by reports, from Carel Pedre and Karl Jean-Jeune, of UN security “spraying gas” and “throwing tear gas”. Examining the footage posted to YouTube by Carel Pedre back at headquarters (ie his apartment in Barcelona), my [...]
I noted in an earlier post that Haiti was among the countries that we at Global Voices have generally found it difficult to cover. Before the earthquake, citizen and social media activity inside Haiti was sporadic. Since January 12, however, we’ve published 24 fine articles focused directly on the citizen media activity taking place within [...]
Only managed to sort out reliable Internet access yesterday evening, so lots to catch up on. — We arrived in Port-au-Prince on Saturday afternoon, after a long but uneventful drive from Santo Domingo. As we approached Jimani, on the Dominican border, we began seeing probable evidence of the situation on the other third of the [...]
To supplement the tutoring I’m getting via the Byki iPhone app, I’ve been having Alice coach me in Haitian Creole, using some rather unconventional course materials. The only printed Creole resources I have on hand are copies of Kote ki pa gen doktè (the Creole version of the health education classic Where There Is No [...]
At my hotel in Miami, catching up on email and the latest news over coffee, trying to prepare mentally for the days ahead. I didn’t sleep well last night: overtiredness, strange bed, anxiety that I wouldn’t hear the alarm and oversleep and miss my flight to Santo Domingo, dreams that. Matt Abud from Internews, with [...]
January 21, 2010 6:00pm I’m finally on my way. I won’t make it to the Dominican Republic tonight as planned, but American Airlines will put me up in Miami and I’ll catch a flight in the morning that should get me into Santo Domingo by early afternoon. After the frenzy of the last several days [...]
If everything goes as planned, I’ll be heading to Haiti at the end of this week. I fly into Santo Domingo on Thursday, and will make my way overland to Port-au-Prince in the company of a couple of colleagues. And yes, I am going there on behalf of Global Voices (GV). I’ve read about Haiti, [...]
From: Carol Fipp cfipp@bellsouth.net UPDATE as of Sunday, Jan 17, 3:40 pm Eastern Time: We received 5 patients via a single chopper about an hour ago. We received 4 patients yesterday. We have a total of 9 patients. We are ready and capable to handle *100* injured people. We have a full-service hospital with two [...]
