Covering disaster : lessons from media coverage of Katrina and Rita /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Izard, Ralph, Perkins, Jay
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2010]
Subjects:	Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Press coverage. Hurricane Rita, 2005 > Press coverage. Journalism > Objectivity > United States. Journalistic ethics > United States. Journalism > Political aspects > United States.

Table of Contents:

In the wake of disaster : lessons learned / Jay Perkins and Ralph Izard
Hurricane Katrina : flooding, muck, and human misery / Guido H. Stempel III
NBC News : covering a tale of human suffering / Ralph Izard
Local coverage : anticipating the needs of readers / Roxanne K. Dill
Split personalities : journalists as victims / Shearon Roberts
Government and journalism in crisis : blame to share / Robert Mann
Journalism defines the issue : coastal erosion / Jane Dailey and Lisa K.Lundy
Public relations : in the eye of the storm / Lisa K. Lundy and Jinx C. Broussard
Public polls : journalists get good marks / Kirsten Mogensen and Ralph Izard.