NPR’s Inauguration Report site goes live
January 19th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Social media and blogging
After we reblogged NPR’s proposals for inauguration coverage with a social media twist, it’s great to see the plans coming into action.
The broadcaster has created Inauguration Report, which features location-based reports from readers and listeners watching the inauguration events in Washington and elsewhere, submitted by text, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube.
By tagging their entries by location, e.g. L:lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial, NPR will map the accounts. Real-time updates from contributors will feed into this stream.
Tags: #inaug09, Barack Obama, inauguration, Lincoln Memorial, social media, Twitter, us, Washington, YouTube
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