The presidential inauguration is less than a month away and the NPR social media desk is kicking it into high-gear to figure out how we can get all of you involved in our inauguration coverage. We’re also looking for some techies who can help make it happen.
So far, they have iPhone apps, maps, 3-D and KML mapping thing set up. They are tracking all Tweets that are tagged either #dctrip09 (for people road-tripping to DC) or #inaug09 (for Inauguration Day itself) see the NPR blog page to get involved.
Andy Carvin who is pulling the effort together, has no budget, and like Blanche DuBois, is relying on the kindness of strangers. I think this effort to use social networking and combine journalism from all kinds of sources is as historic as the inauguration event itself.
Barbara K Iverson 