Philippines: Google Crisis Map For Typhoon Pablo (Bopha)
Following the Tropical Storm Son-Tinh that battered several Asian countries at the end of October, the Philippines was hit again by another big storm, Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) last week. The country,...
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Coding For Humanity: The Rise Of New Age Hacktivism
An interesting movement is happening in the world. A recent post from The Next Web pointed out that a new activism or ‘Geektivism’, a movement led by techies to save the world by using technology, is...
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Debating The Value Of Tweets For Disaster Response (Intelligently)
This article was written by Patrick Meier and originally published at iRevolution on 17 December, 2012. Republished with permission. With every new tweeted disaster comes the same old question: what...
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The Humanitarian Impact Of European Laws Targeting Google News
This article was written by David Scales and John Brownstein. Originally published at PLOS Blogs on 19 December, 2012. Republished with permission. David Scales and John Brownstein from HealthMap...
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Comparing The Quality of Crisis Tweets Versus 911 Emergency Calls
This article was written by Patrick Meier and originally published at iRevolution on 8 January, 2013. Republished with permission. In 2010, I published this blog post entitled “Calling 911: What...
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5 Steps To Verifying User-Generated Content
This article was written by Jenny Hauser and originally published at EJC.NET on 14 January, 2013. Republished with permission. When young Arabs took to the streets of North Africa in 2011 to fight for...
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Funding Media To Fill the Humanitarian-Development, North-South Gaps
Whenever we are exposed to severe weather conditions or encounter protests that result in a number of casualties, mainstream as well as social media quickly capture the scenes on the ground and report...
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Using #Mythbuster Tweets To Tackle Rumors During Disasters
This article was written by Patrick Meier and originally published at iRevolution on 27 January, 2013. Republished with permission. The massive floods that swept through Queensland, Australia in...
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Lessons Learned From Covering Newtown, Connecticut Shootings
This article was written by Naomi Starobin, the News Director at WSHU Public Radio and originally published at Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) on 15 January, 2013. Republished with...
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Notable Outbreaks From 2012
This article was originally published at The Disease Daily on 2 January, 2013. Republished with permission. As 2012 ends and we dive into another year, let’s take a moment to look back at some...
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