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Max Collins, Brent Petrone, Stephanie Steinberg, Ely Twiggs, Lauren Zobl
EFFECTIVE• Reliable sources• government and local
officials
• Balanced reporting
• Reporting for the average person• “How will I be effected?”
INEFFECTIVE• Sensationalism• Too many personal accounts/ eye witnesses
• Pointing fingers• All facts and no context
Before Katrina
New York TImes: Nothing's Easy for New Orleans Flood Control published April 30, 2002
Fair and Balanced
Addressed imminent danger of hurricanes and a weak levee system
Charts/pictures with descriptions to help reader visualize threat more clearly
Local experts:◦ Dr. Ivor van Heerden,
deputy director of the L.S.U. Hurricane Center
◦ Jack C. Caldwell, head of the state's Natural Resources Department
Devils advocate/Pros and Cons
◦ “Perhaps the surest protection is building up the coastal marshes that lie between New Orleans and the sea and that have been eroding at high rates. But restoration will require time, a huge effort and prohibitive sums of money, perhaps $14 billion…”
USA News & World Report: Big Blow in the Big Easy published July 10, 2005
No Explanations or Solutions
Poor use of quotes Addresses problems
with no explanations or solutions/advice
Negativity and pessimism
“…the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is at least a decade away from upgrading to that level of protection.”◦ Why?
Excess of opinions rather than facts
“Still, polls show the longer people have lived in New Orleans, the less likely they are to evacuate. "If it's going to happen, it's going to happen…”
No attitude calling for prevention.
Director of Hurricane Public Health discusses levee problems have not been fixed accordingly to withstand another category 5 hurricane
“Before Katrina we were saying get out with a category 2 or above,” Ivor Van Heerden said. “We haven’t changed that message. Get out.”
New Orleans levees improved? 1:35 – 2:40
During Katrina
Flight tracker USA TODAY: Thousands face delays as Katrina hits Gulf Coast
Article is interactive and pertains to actual travels with a link to a Flight Tracker
Although there are no official sources, there are lists of the exact cities that are affected so that readers are able to pinpoint their delay
The Washington Post: “Room Guarantees Can get lost in Hurricane”
One of the highway offramps used to launch search and rescue boats in the Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, nicknamed "Bush's boat ramps."
Although the article gives sufficient airline delays and information regarding cancelled flights and airport chaos, there is little FACT to the story◦ A woman is featured as
missing her flight to Barbados, a menial concern in the wake of Katrina’s destruction
There are barely any official sources, just testimonials
During Katrina
Times-Picayune: Photo slide show
Picture from the slideshow
Highlights a variety of issues that were occurring during the floods
Very detailed captions that provided a broader context to what was happening in the photograph
Times-Picayune: Widespread looting hits abandoned businesses
Re-reporting facts that have been known. ◦ Since this article came
out the Tuesday after the storm similar and more in depth stories about looting were already written
Did not add any information in how the looting problem was being enforced
During and After Katrina
Economic consultants give best and worst case scenarios
USA Today: Storm worsens oil, gas problems published August 29, 2005
Best: “oil prices of $65 to $70 per barrel for a couple of weeks, and gasoline at about $3 a gallon for a couple of months.”
Worst: “Oil rises to $100 a barrel for a month, gas prices are $3.50 a gallon for a few months.”
Describes how citizens across the U.S. will be affected◦ High gas prices due to
damaged oil pipelines and refineries
◦ Will affect heating, cooling and driving prices
Describes government emergency plans for energy shortages ◦ Ex: Strategic Petroleum
Reserve
BBC: Lake faces aftermath of city catastrophe published Sept. 8, 2005
Map of Lake Pontchartrain
Questions environmental impact of toxins and chemicals that would be dumped in Lake Pontchartrain
Puts news in context◦ Before hurricane, the
lake was getting cleaner Explains importance
of wetlands for reducing flooding
USA Today Interactive See where oil ports and pipelines are
located and how they were affected Also part of the interactive
◦ How many evacuees sought refuge in each state◦ Map of ports along the coast that were impacted
After Katrina
The Washington Post“Along Gulf, Aiding the Living and Counting the Dead” September 6, 2005
President Bush comforts a Katrina victim
Reliable Sources◦ Local police officer◦ President Bush
Balanced Reporting◦ Pro and con Bush◦ Blame Bush and blame
local government Quotes
◦ “It is good that he came… It seems like he cares”
Facts◦ Balanced with quotes
The Washington Post:Officials Deal With Political Fallout by Pointing Fingers September 5,2005 Reliable sources
◦Senator Mary Landrieu◦Spokeswomen for Louisiana Government No quotes from the average person Points fingers at Bush