New Orleans has been spared,the Morganza Spillway has been opened

I'm in New Orleans (I have been for awhile, I've got to update my Profile!) and we are breathing a sigh of relief here today, while also feeling for the people in Louisiana who will be flooded by the opening of the...

Press conference announcing the opening of the Morganza Spillway

a link to the press conference of the opening of the Morganza spillway: http://www.wwltv.com/news/Spillway-to-be--121832944.html

NowPublic *still* discriminates against microbloggers?

I am checking out NowPublic for the first time in almost a year, and I realized why I don't contribute to it: they discriminate against microbloggers/link journalists, they only deal in stories that are 100's of words long.Maybe *that's* why they went out of business,...

Voice Report from markmayhew

"Hi. This is Mark Mayhew in Galveston. I haven't done a voice report in a while, because I got frustrated. A couple of them got 8. So I'm going to see if it works this time. I wanted to do a voice report on a...

Hurricane Ike survivor Earl Shelton's story

This is an audio report by and of Hurricane Ike survivor Earl Shelton re how he has fared since Ike hit (2 months ago). He has had no stability in his life, he has, like many other evacuees, bounced from shelters to hotel rooms.This audio report was done on Utterli because...

Voice Report from markmayhew

"Voice 1: Hi. This is Mark (Makey with Gabliston?). I'm in a motel room in (Gabliston?). We're getting kicked out 20 minutes. I'm gonna kick out (hurt?). I'm with the hurricane Ike survivor Earl Shelton and he's...

Voice Report from markmayhew in Galveston

"Hi, this is Mark Mayhew in Galveston and I'm in the motel room with a hurricane survivor (Earl Shelton?) and (??) expired yesterday and we'll getting kicked out of them. He's getting kicked out he's motel room in...

3,800 UTMB employees to be laid off

"The governing board of the University of Texas voted this afternoon to lay off 3,800 employees at Galveston's University of Texas Medical Branch in the wake of devastating damage from Hurricane Ike. But several regents reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the medical...

Hundreds (in Galveston) may be homeless with FEMA vouchers

"Vallery is among hundreds of Galveston County residents checking out of hotel and motel rooms today because the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not extend their hotel vouchers."FEMA has always extended these vouchers in the past, I'd be suprised if they don't do it...

Voice Report from the Bolivar Peninsula

"Hi this is Mark Mayhew on the Bolivar Peninsula. I am, brought the ferry over to, of the Bolivar Peninsula today and that's what I thought the trip was gonna be about and the ferry is fun like ferries always...

Voice Report on the Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry (re)opening

"Hi this is Mark Mayhew in Galveston and since yesterday's report was kind of bleak or not positive, wanted to give a more positive view of Galveston's recovery from Ike today because there are 2 stories that...

Voice Report on the job market in Galveston

"Hi, this is Mark Mayhew in Galveston and last week I talked about the housing crisis in Galveston and this week I'm gonna talk about the job crisis in Galveston, and again, this is just me, maybe other people...

Spot.us: Community Funded Reporting

"The process of journalism should be participatory - and perhaps one way it can be made participatory is if the public has the opportunity to commission the journalism they want to see."This article is newsworthy because it provides an example of one way to fund citizen...

Families (in Galveston, Texas) falling through cracks with FEMA

"After Hurricane Ike came shore Sept. 13, leaving a trail of destruction along much of the upper Texas Coast, 489,472 Texas residents registered for housing assistance.As of Thursday, 68,904 registrants — 14 percent — had received assistance from the federal...

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