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...

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...

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...

Would Twitter Turn to Paid Profiles For Businesses?

"People always want to know how Twitter will make money, and at the Web 2.0 Summit, CEO Evan Williams hinted at the commercial value of the service."This article is newsworthy because it addresses some of the ways Twitter might be able to monetize it's service.