Covering disaster
Subtitle: lessons from media coverage of Katrina and Rita
By: Ralph Izard and Jay Perkins, editors.
Contributors: Izard, Ralph.; Perkins, Jay.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412813334
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Press coverage; Hurricane Rita, 2005 -- Press coverage; Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States; Journalistic ethics -- United States; Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the wake of disaster : lessons learned / Jay Perkins and Ralph Izard; title: Hurricane Katrina : flooding, muck and human misery / Guido H. Stempel III; title: NBC News : covering a tale of human suffering / Ralph Izard; title: Local coverage : anticipating the needs of readers / Roxanne Dill; title: Split personalities : journalists as victims / Shearon Roberts; title: Government and journalism in crisis : blame to share / Robert Mann; title: Journalism defines the issue : coastal erosion / Lisa Lundy and Jane Dailey; title: Public relations : in the eye of the storm / Lisa Lundy and Jinx Broussard; title: Public polls : journalists get good marks / Kirsten Mogensen and Ralph Izard.