Andy Carvin

Senior Strategist, NPR

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Senior strategist at NPR. Real-time informational DJ and occasional journalist, but not a social media guru. Author of the new book, Distant Witness. Proud dad.

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2011 - Special Distinction Award
Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, NPR's Andy Carvin has pioneered a new form of journalism, using his online followers to piece together and validate real-time reports that documented historic events in the Middle East. By using his Twitter account as a newsgathering operation, he has demonstrated how reporting can be done remotely and created a highly engaged community of more than 50,000 Twitter followers.

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RT @bradshawsarah: Tornado warning - spotted in copake area headed to great barrington. Millerton residents told to shelter immediately.
RT @trdelancy: RT @wunderground: Tornado Warning for Columbia and Dutchess Counties in NY until 5:30 PM EDT wxug.us/kn3u

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Mohammad Reza Shajarian: Tiny Desk Concert

npr.org — Joined by three excellent collaborators, Shajarian gives what amounts to a brief master class in the art of singing. In the course of this love song, titled "Az Eshgh," the Iranian icon unleashes torrents of swooping, soaring, goosebump-inducing sound that's still perfectly controlled at age 73.
RT @abu_xales: Rahesabz.net - Hashemi's daughther says her father was asked to withdrawn his candidacy but he refused. #Iran #Ir

جنبش راه سبز - جرس

rahesabz.net — جنبش راه سبز شبکه ای خبری تحلیلی است که با هدف ترویج، تقویت و ارتقای جنبش سبز مردم ایران منتشر می شود و رویکرد آن کاملا منطبق بر آرمانها و اهداف جنبش سبز در جهت حاکمیت ملت ایران بر سرنوشت خویش است.
RT @OkCountySheriff: STORY BEHIND DOG PICTURE: The dog was guarding it's deceased owner. Taken to shelter; deputy plans on adopting. http…

OkCountySheriff: STORY BEHIND DOG PICTURE: ...

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RT @TyChiStorm: Tornado Warning for Poinsett County in AR until 3:45 PM CDT take shelter NOW
RT @AP: MORE: Weather Service says Okla. tornado path was 17 miles long, 1.3 miles wide with winds of at least 200 mph: http://t.co/Gv20F23…

Oklahoma twister a top-of-the-scale EF-5

bigstory.ap.org — MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale to an EF-5 based on what a damage assessment team saw on the ground.
RT @Its_brittaneyyy: If there was a tornado I would literally have no idea what to do.
RT @DallasOEM: If you are driving and come across high water on the roadway, do not drive through it! #turnarounddontdrown #dfwwx #tornado
RT @ColumbiaPaperNY: Some pretty sizable chunks of hail fell over #GhentNY late this afternoon. Check out the photo. PHOTO-- @KyleKreig90 h…

ColumbiaPaperNY: Some pretty sizable chunks ...

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