Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Huddle For Haiti

Yvenson Bernard has his itinerary in hand, his bags are packed, and he is ready to get to Haiti! He will depart from Florida to Port au Prince on January 8, 2010 for the anniversary of the earthquake which devastated the country he grew up in. He will spend over a week volunteering with organizations such as Oxfam. The trip will be covered by media via TSN.





The devastating earthquake the slammed Haiti last January was chosen top news event of the year by Postmedia Network editors and canada.com.

But it only narrowly beat out second-place votes for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the Vancouver Winter Olympics, taking four votes out of 10 media organizations, compared to three apiece for the spill and the sporting spectacle.

The Haiti disaster, said senior Postmedia editor Neil Haesler, "may resonate deep, deep into 2011 and beyond. Canada's involvement, from donations, to aid, to (former governor-general) Michaelle Jean, gave it the push to the top for me."

Calgary Herald managing editor Monica Zurowski named the Olympics as story of the year. "This was an event that united the country like nothing before. It was a celebration of being Canadian and Canadians embraced this."

"The BP spill (in the Gulf of Mexico) had the horror of an uncontrollable disaster, fire, death, corruption, callous disregard by top players . . . " noted Gerry Klein, Forum pages editor of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. "It also captured the world's attention longer than any other story for the year."


Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/Postmedia+editors+pick+Haiti+quake+news+story/4030175/story.html#ixzz19Rgzo2Cp



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