Thursday, September 1, 2005
We've talked about the "local" or "proximity" factor in news a little
in class last week, but we didn't have much time Wednesday to look at
sites where Hurricane Katrina itself is local news. The first few
links below were forwarded to the "online news"
e-mail list. As the discussion there mentioned, the Web makes it
possible for refugees, friends and families to go straight to local
sources like TV station, WWL, broadcasting from a temporary studio at
LSU. The WWL website has 25 times as many viewers as usual this week.
The local papers and television stations are finding local angles on the relief effort and storm impact. Here are a few.
The News Sentinel:
WATE-TV
The Poynter Institute, a journalism education center on Florida's Gulf Coast, always does a good job of not only keeping track of coverage of big stories, but offering how-to archives and resources. For example, see Al Tompkins' daily tips this week on stories news organizations might look for -- Monday: Covering Katrina; Tuesday: Danger after the storm; Wednesday: Update on oil, charities; Thursday: Free housing for storm victims.
The Society of Public Journalists "Press notes" are a good place to watch for brief summaries of stories about coverage, including Flooding causes journalists to turn to Web, Storm blogs offer Katrina insight and Reporters can't distance themselves in coverage, drawing on sources from The New York Times and USA Today to the BBC.
What can I do?
That's one of the biggest questions of the day. Most news sites and blogs, including the ones I linked to yesterday, have lists of support organizations, especially the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Up in Massachusetts, blogger Andy Carvin has linked a missing persons photo feed to his a "Katrina Aftermath" blog at http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Michael Silence, columnist and blogger at KnoxNews, has more of a summary of bloggers' efforts: 'Blog beg' to aid Katrina victims
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"Station
news director Sandy Breland and online news manager Tom Planchet and
their staffs have been working around the clock to keep the news coming
and the site updated," John Granatino of Belo Interactive wrote to the
list. "And most of the staffers who are pumping out the news are doing
so with the knowledge that they will have to return to their own homes
and God only knows what when the waters subside."
- WWL-TV, including streaming video and a blog.
- The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
- Biloxi Sun Herald
- HurricaneNow.com, a weblog from New Orleans, "has devastating video of Gulfport."
- Overview of blogging by ZDnet
- Editor & Publisher, newspaper industry magazine, on Katrina coverage
The local papers and television stations are finding local angles on the relief effort and storm impact. Here are a few.
The News Sentinel:
- Volunteer State Rallies to Hurricane Relief
- Teen gets water rolling to victims ('Teen' doesn't tell you that the momentum behind this four-truck convoy full of drinking water is a 13-year-old)
WATE-TV
- Students come to aid of Louisiana family seen on 6 News
- Local Red Cross shelter opens for hurricane refugees
The Poynter Institute, a journalism education center on Florida's Gulf Coast, always does a good job of not only keeping track of coverage of big stories, but offering how-to archives and resources. For example, see Al Tompkins' daily tips this week on stories news organizations might look for -- Monday: Covering Katrina; Tuesday: Danger after the storm; Wednesday: Update on oil, charities; Thursday: Free housing for storm victims.
The Society of Public Journalists "Press notes" are a good place to watch for brief summaries of stories about coverage, including Flooding causes journalists to turn to Web, Storm blogs offer Katrina insight and Reporters can't distance themselves in coverage, drawing on sources from The New York Times and USA Today to the BBC.
What can I do?
That's one of the biggest questions of the day. Most news sites and blogs, including the ones I linked to yesterday, have lists of support organizations, especially the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Up in Massachusetts, blogger Andy Carvin has linked a missing persons photo feed to his a "Katrina Aftermath" blog at http://katrina05.blogspot.com
Michael Silence, columnist and blogger at KnoxNews, has more of a summary of bloggers' efforts: 'Blog beg' to aid Katrina victims
10:02:56 AM #
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