Social Media & the Haiti Disaster Hosted by New York Times
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Haiti: A discussion about the role of social media by news organizations, relief groups, search and rescue teams and people around the world during and in the aftermath of the earthquake.
Moderator:
- Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and senior technology advisor, The Sunlight Foundation
Panelists:
- Ann Curry, news anchor for NBC’s Today Show,
- Rob Mackey, staff writer The New York Times, The Lede blog
- Erik Parker, journalist who was in Haiti when the earthquake struck and used social networks to send images, video, tweets.
- Jason Cone, communications director, Doctors Without Borders



