This document summarizes key points about effective and ineffective media coverage of Hurricane Katrina. It provides examples of coverage that was proactive, fact-based, and constantly updated during the hurricane, as well as coverage after that focused on relief efforts and constructive criticism. Ineffective coverage included jumping to conclusions, undermining the emergency response, and coverage that pitted those inside and outside New Orleans against each other.

1. Katrina COVERAGE PRESENTATION BY Megan, elizabeth, cindy, jimmy, & glenn

3. Weather Forecasts

4. Explains vulnerability of New Orleans

6. Article touches on key questions that people would want to know.

7. Are people leaving?

8. Can they leave?

9. Are people stranded?

10. Why is there such a sense of fear?

12. Credible Sources

13. Factual instead of dramatized

15. Undermines the state of emergency

16. Lack of Context

18. Emotional triggering with pictures and video clips of the people and the damagehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVT74piVBGw

22. Dallas Morning News reports, “most Katrina evacuees will learn to move past their tragedy.”