Facebook & ABC News Connect with Katrina Coverage

For the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina @ABC News and Facebook (cc: @facebookmedia) are using some some really interesting implementations of the Facebook social widgets to wed the live coverage with live conversation. Not perfect, but really interesting.

abcnewsradio:

@ABC News will power it’s 5-year anniversary coverage of Hurricane Katrina using an assortment of live Facebook widgets.

Facebook’s social features will be integrated with the ABC News home page and the Katrina-specific news section.

Here are a few highlights from Katrina: Five Years Later

Hurricane Katrina: 5 Years Later

Photos: How has the Gulf Coast changed five years after Hurricane Katrina?

Katrina at Five: The Lower Ninth Ward

Michael Knight lived those harrowing images so many others remember from Hurricane Katrina: the waters rising and rising, people trapped in their homes racing to their rooftops, crawling through windows to escape Katrina’s wrath.
FEMA’s Michael Brown Takes Offense at His Katrina Legacy

Five years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, the man who has been vilified for the federal government’s bungling of the response effort wants to try to set the record straight.

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