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August 31, 2005

New Orleans Newspaper Blogging Updates

Filed under: U.S.A., Blogging, Disasters

Blogging creator Dave Winer, who I believe once lived in New Orleans, gave a link on his Scripting News site to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, which is using a blog to keep folks up to date on breaking news.

This is a great example of the power of blogging technology, and should help to quiet the naysayers who think blogs aren’t really a form of journalism.

While the death toll remains unclear, a few of the other highlights:

  • The biggest problem is communication among various rescue agencies
  • There’s a major effort underway to repair a 500-ft levee breech using concrete highway dividers and 3,000 pound sandbags put in place by helicopters, apparently
  • Looting is a big problem, with one police officer shot by a looter
  • Now city authorities are apparently having to divert considerable police resources from rescues, etc., to preventing looting

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