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.
