Social Media 4 Good

Exploring the use of Social Media for NGOs, non-profit organizations and to support humanitarian relief

Archive for June, 2011

If, like me, you like playing computer games like “Civilization” or “Tropico” or board games like “Settlers of Catan”, then one of the first things you learn is, that you need to build roads if you want to be successful. Why that is so important in the real world and what happens if you don’t have adequate roads, is something that can be seen in Liberia.

The BBC has now published elements process for verifying social media content, which makes for an excellent read. What emerges is a process that is more like that of a traditional intelligence agency, than what most people had in mind when joining journalism school.

You might be wondering why there have been no updates to this blog and whether I have already lost appetite for the topic. The main reason is: I needed a break. Not so much from this blog but from anything that was work related.