Tufts students map relief effort with social media

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January 14, 2010, 9:03 pm
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(NECN: John Moroney, Medford, Mass.) - Haiti is a nation in crisis. The clock ticks as the world responds. With tens of thousands believed dead, the race is on to save those who remain. It has become a project for a group of students in the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Using social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter, the students have been mapping the disaster.

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