Social Media – News – The Fire – KPBS
by Rob Paterson
Here is a short but informative report by NPR on KPBS’s historic use of Social Media to cover the fire. One of the key Apps was “My Maps” -
The Google map has had over 1.2 million hits and even the fire fighters used it as The Source. Google themlseves have been a huge help and gave support to KPBS as the load on the map increased.
I think that the fire and KPBS’s work has been a watershed for public broadcasting – their work has shown that a small station with few staff can offer the public a huge service in an emergency.
More – it also shows universities who are all struggling to find a process to help their own communities in an emergency such as the recent shootings can do so in an affordable manner.
