Posted by Cassandra on January 20, 2010
A guest editorial by S. Eudora Smith Unlike any other mass tragedy of our time, the devastation from the earthquake in Haiti has been framed through the intimate lens of social media—from the video posted on blogs of children fleeing a crumbling orphanage in Port-au-Prince to tweets from the owner of a hotel describing the [...]
Categories: Communications, Haitians, News, Technology |
Tags: citizen journalism, Haiti, reporting, social media | 
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Posted by Cassandra on January 19, 2010
For the next two weeks, Google Voice is offering free calls to help U.S. citizens reach relatives in Haiti. Google Voice is a telecommunications service launched by the world’s largest Internet search firm. The free service allows users to link all of their phones using a single Google-provided number. In another response to the Haitian [...]
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Tags: earthquake, gadget, google, Haiti, missing persons, people finder, relatives, voice | 1 Comment »
Posted by Cassandra on January 18, 2010
When we learned Denver-based jazz singer Rene Marie was performing to help raise money for Haitian relief efforts, we wanted to talk with her directly. We first heard Rene perform at Green Dolphin Street in Chicago about seven years ago. She is a supremely talented vocalist, who always makes time to sing for a good [...]
Categories: Benefits 4 Haiti, Denver, Haitians, News |
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Posted by Cassandra on January 17, 2010
We’re still trying to set up an interview with Illinois State Sen. Kwame Raoul, who had an aunt and several cousins missing as of late Saturday. Other relatives, he told the Chicago Tribune, are sleeping in a courtyard. Raoul’s parents emigrated from Haiti in the 1950s, and he grew up in Chicago. Raoul, 45, visited [...]
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