An Archive of Crisis-Reporting and Web ToolsThis site was archived on March 31st, 2010. It is now hosted by the National Center for Media Engagement.
FluPortal helped pubmedia report on H1N1. Many of its resources remain useful. The social-media and web-tool guides can inform reporting on any topic. The flu resources can assist you on seasonal flu (and any future wave of H1N1).
FluPortal’s Final ReportFluPortal was an active H1N1 project from August 2009 through March 2010. Read the final report for lessons learned:
“Crisis Coverage by Public Media: A Review of FluPortal and Recommendations for the Future.”
Today is FluPortal’s last day as an active H1N1 project. As of tomorrow, the National Center for Media Engagement will host the site as an archive. An archive, however, that remains useful into the future! Here’s how FluPortal can continue to inform your journalism — on flu and any other issue.
Fluportal.org is one of a growing number of projects promoting collaboration and cooperation within the public media system. As the project wraps up, I wanted to highlight our Public Media H1N1 widget and what it can offer to future collaborations and crisis response efforts.
Perhaps the most important thing I learned from my outreach for FluPortal.org is the value of feedback. While this may sound obvious, listening to needs of public media outlets is crucial for the success of projects like FluPortal.org.
Simply put, there is no “one size fits all” when providing tools and resources. Some aspects of FluPortal.org, such as the Quick Start menus have nearly universal appeal. But, aspects such as resources for reporters evolved over time.
Stations using H1N1 embeddable media should take note that support for many of these tools will be ending with the project on March 31, 2010. Read all the details.
In looking back over the FluPortal project, I felt we probably hadn’t featured our Delicious bookmarks prominently enough. But whether or not we promoted them well, Delicious is a powerful tool. You might be interested to learn what we did with it — so that you can start using it yourself, either publicly on your station’s website or internally as a reporting tool.
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