Rhod Sharp, Kevin Anderson and Chris Vallance blog for Up All Night

Reflections on the Tsunami.28 December 2005

Before we do the usual show run-down a quick mention about next week's show (2 Jan). We'll be looking at the big events of 2005 through blogs and podcasts. If you've a suggestion of a blog post, or a podcast that you think we should mention in that look back, leave a comment here or send an email to upallnight@bbc.co.uk

Anyway on this week's pods and blogs segment we gave the show over to memories of the tsunami. We began by speaking to 3 bloggers who were eyewitnesses to the disaster. Evelyn Rodriguez who blogs at Crossroads Dispatches, Rick Von Feldt who runs the Tsunami Survivor blog, and Sanjay Senanayake who blogs from Sri Lanka as Morquendi.

There aren't many podcasts from the tsunami region, but the charity UNICEF produces a superb podcast with many shows dedicated to an examination of relief efforts. We talked to Blue Chevigny of UNICEF about why they podcast, interspersed with many great clips from their casts.

Kevin's contribution was an interview with blogger Dina Mehta who was one of the bloggers behind the Tsunami Help blog that was so useful in co-ordinating aid, and first place on the web, outside of the MSM for news on the disaster. Dina also has a great personal blog here: http://radio.weblogs.com/0121664/.

Shaela Rahman is with the International Finance Corporation and has recently started work in Banda Aceh. She's new to the blogging business, but her diary is already a good read, an interesting on-the-ground account of the continuing relief efforts. She was joined by her colleague from the World Bank, John Clarke.

Lastly we looked at how smaller relief efforts had fared. Sam Schultz and Lee Downey of www.bonesandstones.com. proved that you don't have to be a big NGO to provide much needed aid, and quickly. It was a shame we didn't have longer to speak with Lee, but there's more of their story on the website which is well worth a read.

Tue, 16 May 2006

• UNICEF podcasting and an alternative view of the US border

Tue, 09 May 2006

• Drowning not waving ...

Thu, 04 May 2006

• Evolution and Flashing 12s

Thu, 13 Apr 2006

• Britcaster, Complete Tosh and Student Radio

Mon, 27 Mar 2006

• Marches, comedy and silly patents

• Article archive