@acarvin aka andy carvin

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February 2008

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they started posting tweets on their site just 2 days before the fires broke. Good timing.

Feb 21, 2008

Leng: fire knocked out our transmitter. another station plus tv began relaying their air.

Feb 21, 2008

We relied on twitter, google maps because our cms crashed, server went down from traffic.

Feb 21, 20081 note

Leng’s showing @kpbsnews use of twitter during the fire. “twitter kinda became my CMS.” qotd 2.

Feb 21, 2008

Leng: we used twitter as an internal comm tool until she saw how pbs wired science was using it.

Feb 21, 2008

kpbs fire map got at least 1.7 mil views. Google thinks it’s more.

Feb 21, 2008

Leng Caloh is up next. “the SD wildfires were our public media coming of age.”

Feb 21, 2008

Leng: “maybe we were being innovative but we were being desperate.” ima08 QOTD.

Feb 21, 2008

Caloh is pronounced like Kahlo.

Feb 21, 2008

Some shut up that piano. We’ve got 20 mins left in our panel.

Feb 21, 2008

Any questions for our panelists?

Feb 21, 2008

Yes, I can moderate a panel and Twitter at the same time. Julia Schrenkler of APM is now talking about the Minn. bridge collapse.

Feb 21, 2008

Just interrupted @juliaschrenkler to explain twitter. About 5 pct of the audience hadn’t heard of it. Very low if u ask me.

Feb 21, 2008

Peter: bbc shoulda said: “public reports suggest that X were dead.” Relying solely on official channels undermined public confidence.

Feb 21, 2008

Peter: we need to think about twitter re: bbc emergency response strategy.

Feb 21, 2008

BBC reported official stat: 2 ppl dead. SkyNews reported 90. It was really 52. Which one was worse?

Feb 21, 20081 note

Peter Horrocks: I almost wish you hadn’t had to invite me but I’m now an expert in discussing online response to terror attacks.

Feb 21, 2008

MPR did their bridge coverage without a watertight plan in place. they had to wing a lot of it.

Feb 21, 2008

BBC organizes itself the same way the govt does for continuity of govt. Continuity of newscasting.

Feb 21, 2008

The most important, most common question asked online in every single disaster: R U OK?

Feb 21, 2008
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