FluPortal.org

 

H1N1 Resources for Public Media

FluPortal.org is here to help public media stations cover the H1N1 pandemic both on air and online. We’re also working with stations and other organizations to develop web tools, insights, and best practices to support public media coverage of future health (and other) crises.

Look here for:

• News, information, and data from the Centers for Disease Control, Health and Human Services, the World Health Organization, and other government and non-governmental organizations (here)
• Content and widgets you can post on your station’s website (here)
• Ideas and resources for covering the pandemic in your state and local community (here)
• Local and national reports about H1N1 from across the public media system (here)
• Original guides to social media and other web tools that you can use to cover H1N1 or any other crisis (here)

The FluPortal blog highlights the latest H1N1 developments relevant to the public media system.

We’re using FluPortal’s Delicious account (RSS feed here) to bookmark good articles, audio, and video that might inform your H1N1 coverage. If you have something to add, send it to us.

We want to hear from you. How is your station covering the pandemic? What can FluPortal offer to serve your on-air and online efforts? Let us know.

The FluPortal Team

Rekha Murthy | project manager
As Director of Projects and Partnerships for PRX, Rekha presents and distributes public media across various technological platforms. Her previous work includes public radio production and design for web and mobile applications. You can read Rekha’s FluPortal blog posts here.

Josh Andrews | technical advisor, developer, and blogger
Josh is a media and technology consultant based in Chicago. For over ten years, Josh worked at WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, and has experience in both broadcast production and online operations. Josh has been flu free since 2004. You can read Josh’s FluPortal blog posts here.

Ken Mills | public media system outreach
Ken is a public media consultant based in Minneapolis. He operates the Ken Mills Agency, which specializes in long-form news, talk, and interview programming. You can read Ken’s FluPortal blog posts here.

Katherine Bidwell | blogger and editor
Katherine blogged at PRX’s BallotVox and was a producer for Open Source and NPR’s The Connection. You can read Katherine’s FluPortal blog posts here.

More Project Background

This video of FluPortal’s January 28, 2010, webinar examines FluPortal’s H1N1 resources and lessons for public media crisis preparedness:

This video of FluPortal’s October 7, 2009, webinar offers a tour of the site and its resources:

FluPortal.org is a Corporation for Public Broadcasting-funded effort led by Public Radio Exchange in collaboration with NPR.