Moblogging the hurricane

As Florida braces for Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Bonnie, Weblogs are a good tool for news sites in the coverage area, reports Cyberjournalist.net.

"In fact, Hurricane Bonnie back in 1998 marked the first time a news site used the Weblog format to cover a breaking story, on charlotte.com.

Among the sites blogging Charley so far are WeatherBug, which has dispatched one of its meteorologists to blog the hurricane; and The Tampa Tribune and WFLA."

So far stories are of professional journalist blogging the hurricane - though one can find pictures of the storm by local citizens on Textamerica. Hopefully Media outlets will not call out to citizen reporters, to endanger their lives to cover the hurricane, as was done by Denver station, KCNC Channel 4, during a tornadoe. cf Did Denver Deliberately Endanger Citizen Journalists?. You figure professional weather reporters have training on how to keep safe.

See also related article -- Hurricane Victims, a.k.a. Amateur Journalists.

emily | 4:45 PM | Reporters and Picture Phones |
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