JRC journalists use social media to cover earthquake and hurricane
Journal Register newsrooms are making aggressive use of social media in covering stories in their communities. The earthquake and Hurricane Irene in the past week provided great opportunities to use Twitter, Storify and other social media tools.
One of the best forms of community engagement during a disaster is helping connect volunteers with people who need help.
If you need a chainsaw, reader Sal Cenatiempo has offered to drive wherever you are. E-mail [email protected] Who else needs help?- Another reader, Christine Mathews, has offered to help anyone who needs it t.co/9rHDn9i Neighbors helping neighbors #NJIrene
RT @nhregister: Can you offer help as we clean up after Irene? Do you need help? Here's a way to share it in Greater #NHV: t.co/3Qn4Stn #ctirene- The help JRC journalists provided included our partnership with See/Click/Fix to help people report problems to public agencies.
Report problems and travel hazards around Greater New Haven http://bit.ly/nnKbrq #SeeClickFix #NHVJRC journalists used Twitter to correct and question inaccurate reports from other sources. (The Weather Channel report on a tornado in King of Prussia remains unconfirmed.)
- Where did @GovChristie get his news? #Princeton FD chief says no member of his dept died during resuce t.co/WYfKNcu #JRC #NJIrene
- Princeton PD tweets correction about @GovChristie's claim a firefighter died t.co/WYfKNcu First Aid worker in critical condition
Though that person apparently was alive when Christie announced his death, he later died.
- #Princeton First Aid responder, 39, dies from injuries sustained during #NJIrene water rescue t.co/mL6KzYy #JRC
- And the public helped our journalists correct our own mistakes.
- It's the girl on the bike in the background that makes this photo so great t.co/DiypnqR #NJIrene
@Trentonian t.co/2PZWFdy That pic is on E. State St/Klockner near Hamilton train station. Girl on bike is a statue by S. Johnson- Our journalists sought photos shot by people in their communities.
- @RegisterCitizen west branch of Farmington in Riverton http://twitpic.com/6cv7sv
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