1st Edition
Covering Disaster Lessons from Media Coverage of Katrina and Rita
Preface
1. In the Wake of Disaster: Lessons Learned
Jay Perkins and Ralph Izard
2. Hurricane Katrina: Flooding, Muck, and Human Misery
Guido H. Stempel III
3. NBC News: Covering a Tale of Human Suffering
Ralph Izard
4. Local Coverage: Anticipating the Needs of Readers
Roxanne K. Dill
5. Split Personalities: Journalists as Victims
Shearon Roberts
6. Government and Journalism in Crisis: Blame to Share
Robert Mann
7. Journalism Defi nes the Issue: Coastal Erosion
Jane Dailey and Lisa K. Lundy
8. Public Relations: In the Eye of the Storm
Lisa K. Lundy and Jinx C. Broussard
9. Public Polls: Journalists Get Good Marks
Kirsten Mogensen and Ralph Izard
References
List of Contributors
List of Interviews
Index
Biography
Ralph Izard is Sig Mickelson/CBS professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University, and professor emeritus, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University. Jay Perkins is associate professor, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University.
