by Amani Channel
#atlsnow

The great thing about living in Atlanta is that you get a taste of all of the seasons. In the summer, there is the humidity and thunderstorms. In the winter, you’ll get at least one or two snow days.

Last Friday, the Southeast got another dose wintery stuff.

It snowed for a good part of the day leaving a solid two inches of snow on the ground and cars the following day.

It wouldn’t last though. Well, there is a headless snowman that is struggling to keep his composure in my neighborhood.

That being said, I enjoyed watching all of “us” who used social media to share pics and videos. I managed to stay away from the news, and was content just watching the #atlsnow Twitter stream, and keeping up with my Facebook friends.

Here is some of the best content I found:

My news friend and colleague Rod Finch produced this professional piece using his Canon 7D in Birmingham Alabama (no it’s not Atlanta, but Bham is our sister city).

He is truly one of the best in the business, and this video shows why.

Steve Bruns, has become quite a video fanatic in Atlanta documented the snowfall in his neighborhood.

Grayson Daughters posed a short and sweet video of her dog in the snow.

Dont’ know if Hector Alejandro is a professional photographer, but his pics are stunning.
Dennis Matheson provides a nice gallery of snow pics from around the Gold Dome and beyond.
Liza Cardona shared a patriotic themed photo on TwitPic.
ATLien shares this cute pic of her dog in the white stuff.

Here are some thoughts that I shared early Saturday from the road.

I think there are some serious opportunities for a site, or community that aggregates all of the media during big news events using metadata from Twitter and Facebook. Additionally, I think it would benefit local news to seek out and vet community generated content and include some of the media in a special news segment.

The biggest challenge would be confirming that the content is real and produced by the user who posts it. I have to be honest though, I sometimes get a lot more out of seeing what my online network is experiencing vs. the news “telling” me what is important and newsworthy. Am I the only one?

Either way the snow comes and goes, just like the big story of the day. It’s here today gone tomorrow, and we’re off to the next…