NOLA.com running on all cylinders for Gustav
Cory Bergman August 30th, 2008
I remember three years ago looking at the Times-Picayune’s website, NOLA.com, as Katrina moved in. It was not nearly as prepared as it is now.
NOLA.com features a clean layout of up-to-date news, weather maps, storm tracker, video, survival guide, reader advice on over a dozen topics, forums divided out by neighborhood, and a blog powered by user-generated stories, photos and video. Oh, and there’s even a Twitter account. This is a textbook example of how to cover a major storm on the web. Of course, the challenge is yet to come: covering the storm as the staff faces an evacuation.
3 Comments Add your own
1. Hanson | August 31st, 2008 at 8:08 am
I’ve been relying heavily on both nola.com and wwltv.com for news while I’ve been here in New Orleans and have been mightily impressed with both. nola.com is easier to use, but wwltv’s [tv] coverage has been absolutely superb.
I’ve got them both up on my laptop here at Louis Armstrong International (slow, but free wi-fi), as I await departure back to Seattle via Houston.
2. DW | August 31st, 2008 at 8:23 am
nola.com kicked major keester during katrina. it was the go-to source for months afterward. still is for all news n-o.
this ex-nbc guy wants to put in a shout for wdsu.com which also did yeoman work three years ago.
good luck and hope those who wanted to got their families up and out of harm’s way.
3. Jon Donley | August 31st, 2008 at 10:39 am
We’re in the hurricane bunker now, then will pull back if necessary to one of several hardened and generator powered safe sites inside the city. We don’t intend to evacuate unless it becomes life-threatening.
Jon, Editor NOLA.com
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