Haiti and New Media: How NPR is Using Twitter and Facebook
Haiti and New Media: How NPR is Using Twitter and Facebook To Report on the Earthquake
NPR has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to using social media to do great reporting. So when we saw that they'd created a Twitter list of people tweeting from Haiti, we wanted to know: How'd you figure out those folks were legit?
In the following interview, NPR's social media strategist Andy Carvin tells us not only how the network is using Twitter and Facebook to find compelling angles and new sources for stories (like this one and this one), but also why you can't just jump on a social network after disaster strikes and expect it to pay dividends.
BayNewser: When did you decide to create this list and how did you figure out who to include on it?
Andy is a genius - he is writing the book on this - anyone who wants to learn about how to use this kind of media can spend a bit of time reading this
