NTSB -- NTSB MOVES INTO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH TWITTER AND YOUTUBE

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NTSB PRESS RELEASE

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2011

SB-11-06

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NTSB MOVES INTO SOCIAL MEDIA WITH TWITTER AND YOUTUBE

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The National Transportation Safety Board has established a

Twitter account and a YouTube channel as the Safety Board

broadens its communication efforts by moving into social

media.

The handle for the Twitter account is "ntsb"

(www.twitter.com/ntsb). The YouTube channel is "ntsbgov"

(www.youtube.com/ntsbgov).

"Transparency and open government are key components of

NTSB's agenda to improve transportation safety," said NTSB

Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman. "Social media is yet another

opportunity for us to engage with our most important

stakeholders - the traveling public."

The NTSB will use Twitter to communicate with those

interested in its investigative work and advocacy programs

to enhance transportation safety.

The YouTube channel will be a one-stop resource where the

Safety Board's advocacy video messages, transportation

accident animations and other video products can be

accessed.

Chairman Hersman's first video message on YouTube is about

the NTSB's child and youth transportation safety initiative.

See the two-minute video here:

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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson

peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx

(202) 314-6100

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