Overheard on the Web, and other Web links From The Herald's Research Editor
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Tsunami followup
Some new links for those looking for information or how to help, following the tsunami disaster in Asia:
Cheese and Crackers blog is posting links to video online, as well as help links.
The Tsunami Help blog (SEA-AT) continues to post lots of links, including this one:
Flickr Missing Persons photos; not much there yet but it is a place people can post photos of people still missing.
WikiNews, a new experiement in community-written news, has posted a page of news links on the tsunami. It's fascinating to see what a non-professional group of unrelated people can create to provide information. There's lots of great information here, including statistics.
Here's the Wikipedia entry on the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, obviously just written, also a collaboration of readers. It's absolutely amazing how quickly these things can be put together. And with the collaborative software, these entries will be continually added to and edited for accuracy.
TsunamiVictims.org has lots of contact information for those looking for information or wanting to help.
Digital Globe has a gallery of satellite images. posted by liz at 11:13 AM
Elisabeth (Liz) Donovan was a Herald librarian for 10 years, and Research Editor for 13 years. She came to The Herald in 1981, following several years at the
Washington Post. She started blogging in 2000, with a news research blog, followed by the blog at Herald.com in 2003. A frequent speaker and writer on news research, she was honored in 2004 by the
News Division of the Special Libraries Association for her contributions to
the field.
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