Intersection | Egyptian Journalism & Leveraging Mobile Data in Disasters
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
By: Brendan Byrne

July 1, 2014 | WMFE, Orlando - Three Al Jazeera English journalists convicted in Egypt of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to prison - two receiving seven years and the third journalist a ten year sentence.

[90.7's Carmel Delshad in Tahrir Square on the second anniversary of the “January 25^th Revolution.”] 

90.7’s Carmel Delshad spent time in Egypt covering the Arab Spring and she joins Matthew Peddie to talk about a ruling that shocked journalists and activists worldwide. They also talk about the changing landscape of journalism in Egypt.

Also, emergency management officials are always looking at ways to improve disaster relief and response through technology. 90.7's Matthew Peddie revisits a conversation with University of Central Florida Professor Pamela McCauley Bush about her work utilizing cell phones in disaster response.