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Keeping up with Haiti via social media

January 18, 2010 | BY Jordan Langdon

Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook are serving as real-time news sources for information on the Haiti earthquake and its aftermath. Social media specialist Jordan Langdon looks at who’s using the new technology.

Quake hits close to home

October 12, 2009 | BY Aziza Musa

For reporter Aziza Musa, the recent earthquake in Indonesia hit a little too close to home. Aziza recalls her father’s childhood memories in Padang, and what people can do to help.

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