My presentation slides on Gaza in Focus, a case study on how Al Jazeera used Twitter and Ushahidi to cover the Gaza conflict in Jan 2009. Presentation without audio commentary doesn't all makes sense but here it is anyways.
19. More Information
moeed.ahmad@gmail.com
http://labs.aljazeera.net
http://www.moeed.com
http://tinyurl.com/gazawar2-0
Notas del editor
internet the battle ground for ideas
using utube, twitter, facebook to express their opinion to a global audience
YouTube channel from the Israeli Army
there was a gap
Day 3, Dec 29th 2008
Providing verified information made an impact
RT
Even CEO
700,000 followers
Training
- style/norms
- importance
Existing workflow
Tips
Enter Ushahidi
2nd Jan 2009 - Day 7
crowd sourcing crisis information
kenya and south africa in 2008
Couldn’t generate content from the public
Input the Twitter feed into the Ushahidi map
See the timeline of events as they unfold
all in all it was a interesting experiment
i suspect more innovating forms of its utilization will be coming up both for news gathering and engagement purposes
Just furthering the “Spirit of Al Jazeera”