Comments on: Twitter Lists: A Terrific New Social Media Information Resource In Emergencies http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/11/09/twitter-lists-a-terrific-new-social-media-information-resource-in-emergencies/ A Citizen’s Eye View of Public Preparedness Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:57:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: W. David Stephenson http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/2009/11/09/twitter-lists-a-terrific-new-social-media-information-resource-in-emergencies/comment-page-1/#comment-47577 W. David Stephenson Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:16:41 +0000 http://incaseofemergencyblog.com/?p=6846#comment-47577 John: couldn't agree more (and then add in the new geolocation twist Twitter's about 2 release, and you've got major source of actionable info. As part of the project I'm doing for NPR (and let's do that interview this wk!) I'm hoping to have a number of stations host Tweetups where social media activists could brainstorm how to use mobile devices & web 2.0 apps. to best advantage both in reporting 2 public officials & acting as citizen journalists newsgathering for local NPR stations. Government on all levels has done a miserable job (I'd exempt the Philly OEM from that) on really figuring out how to capitalize on social media as anything more than an alternative broadcast medium. Tell 'em to hire me and we can crowdsource disaster info. -- David John: couldn’t agree more (and then add in the new geolocation twist Twitter’s about 2 release, and you’ve got major source of actionable info. As part of the project I’m doing for NPR (and let’s do that interview this wk!) I’m hoping to have a number of stations host Tweetups where social media activists could brainstorm how to use mobile devices & web 2.0 apps. to best advantage both in reporting 2 public officials & acting as citizen journalists newsgathering for local NPR stations.

Government on all levels has done a miserable job (I’d exempt the Philly OEM from that) on really figuring out how to capitalize on social media as anything more than an alternative broadcast medium. Tell ‘em to hire me and we can crowdsource disaster info.
– David

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