The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Red Cross Experiments With Disaster Blogs

As flood waters inundated large swaths of the Midwest, the American Red Cross used two blogs to get information out to the public.

The organization used blogging software to create an online newsroom that brought together information about shelter locations and feeding programs, news alerts, and press releases from Red Cross chapters...

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