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Who to follow: Twitter accounts covering conditions on the ground in Haiti

Workers remove an electrical post blown down by Tropical Storm Isaac in Jaquimeyes, Haiti on August 25, 2012.
Photo Credit: REUTERS/ Ricardo Rojas

If you’re looking for updates on conditions in Haiti during Tropical Storm Isaac, here’s a list of Twitter accounts you should be following. I’ve made a list, complete with each person’s latest tweet (not retweet) at the time of this post and Twitter bio (I’ve included translations or english summaries where necessary).

 

Jacqueline Charles @jacquiecharles

Caribbean Correspondent for the Miami Herald

 

Nancy Rock @Metropolis Haiti

Official correspondent of Radio Metropole in Montreal. Rock also co-produces & presents the weekly radio show Metropolis on Radio Metropole in Haiti. 

 

Gary Bodeau @GaryBodeau 

Democratic Activist. Ex-Consultant at Haitian Prime Minister’s Office. Former Press Dir. at Prime Minister’s Office & PM Spokesman

https://twitter.com/garybodeau/status/239407120783663105

 

Laurent Lamothe  @LaurentLamothe

Premier Ministre de la République d’Haïti (Prime Minister of Haiti) 

 

Gérard Maxineau @Gedemax

Journaliste

https://twitter.com/Gedemax/status/239388134075412480

 

Johnathan M. Katz @KatzOnEarth

Foreign correspondent. Pastrami fundamentalist. Author-in-progress of The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster.

https://twitter.com/KatzOnEarth/status/239424179898826752

 

Amélie Baron @Ameliebaron

Depuis 2009, vis & travaille au quotidien en Haïti où les journalistes passent au gré des ‘événements’. Mes tweets n’engagent pas les rédactions qui m’emploient
Port-au-Prince, HAITI (Foreign correspondent in Haiti since 2009)

 

Susana Ferreira @nowarian

Em fluxo. Based (mostly) in Port-au-Prince, Haiti since Sept 2010. susana @ nowarian ponto com

https://twitter.com/nowarian/status/239286574020448256

Ferreria is a foreign correspondent for Reuters, providing coverage about Hurricaine Isaac in Haiti since August 24. Her most recent coverage on the hurricaine is currently on the Reuters homepage.

I’ll continue to update this list as the weekend proceeds. If you have any others accounts I should add to this post, tweet me @ShaunaReporter or shoot me an email.