Issue Area: Disasters


Extra Articles and Studies
Disposable People: The ‘upside’ to natural and unnatural disasters (July/August 2007) By Roger Bybee

Katrina's Vanishing Victims: Media forget the 'rediscovered' poor (July/August 2006) By Neil deMause

Reversing Course: FEMA Allows Katrina Victims To Speak to News Media (Update August 2006) By Jim Naureckas

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“Saying What They’ve Been Thinking”: Racial stereotypes in Katrina commentary (November/December 2005) By Jacqueline Bacon

The World’s Most Generous Misers: Tsunami reporting misrepresented U.S. giving (September/October 2005) By Ben Somberg

Covering Katrina: Amid Newfound Honesty, Apologetics Continue (Update October 2005) By Peter Hart

World’s Worst Disasters Overlooked: Survey identifies biggest “forgotten” crises (May/June 2005) By Carole J.L. Collins

Action Alerts and Advisories
FEMA Reverses Media Access Policy: Will allow press access to Katrina survivors in trailer parks (7/28/06)

FEMA a Disaster for Freedom of the Press: Katrina victims 'not allowed' to talk to media, reporter told (7/21/06)

Covering Katrina: Has a More Critical Press Corps Emerged? (9/9/05)

Media Beat
Ex-Presidents as Pitchmen: Touting Good Deeds (2/24/05) By Norman Solomon