O'Brien: What Haiti tells us about the promise and limitations of digital media - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News | Jan. 11, 2011

MediaShiftO'Brien: What Haiti tells us about the promise and limitations of digital mediaSan Jose Mercury News"Digital media was used in Haiti in an unprecedented way for a humanitarian effort," said Mayur Patel, Knight's director of strategic assessment, ...Haiti quake yielded tech lessons for disaster reliefSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)New Technologies Helped in Novel Ways with Haiti Earthquake ReliefVancouver Sunall 22 news articles » Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Melissa Martin - Jan 11, 2011 - 8:07 PM PST
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 by Melissa Martin - Jan. 17, 2011

In this story, there are two key news values: timeliness, and impact. The timeliness is due to the fact that part of the story talks about a recent event, that is, the anniversary release of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation report on the Haiti earthquake. But this story is about more than just what the report said. It is about the promises and limitations of digital media in times of crisis. For this reason, impact is a major news value in the story. With this being said, text is a better way to tell this story. Impact is addressed better in the detail that text can provide than in pictures, video, or other multimedia/interactive formats. I would say because of the significance of what this analysis means for our ... More »

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