Emergencies and Social Media

“This is only a test. For the next 60 seconds this station will conduct a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. This is only a test.” Until the early 1990s, you heard this test weekly from every broadcaster in the United States. It was followed by a...

OMG! The News Finds Me!

Technology has reached a point where I am no longer looking for the news. The news finds me. Over the years, I’ve been active on news groups, instant messaging, e-mails, text and once even CB radio (but we don’t talk about that any more). Now, my...