Covering Crisis

Here’s a list of resources to help you put covering the South Asian tsunami into context.

Poynter Articles:

• Tsunami Aftermath Resources
  From finding sources to backgrounding charities.


• The Asian Tsunami: Think Globally, Locally, Journalistically By Jill Geisler
  Questions and resources to consider as you plan your coverage. PLUS: The Journalist as Eyewitness by Roy Peter Clark


• Numbering the Dead: By Al Tompkins
  Lessons in news judgment and empathy


• Telling Tsunami Stories, One Scene at a Time By Jill Geisler
  How Jason Beaubien covers the tsunami for NPR using words as his only tool.


• Taking Tsunami Coverage into Their Own Hands By Steve Outing
  The world turns to citizen journalists for eyewitness accounts and more as the crisis continues to unfold.


• Covering Trauma & Tragedy: What it Takes By Kelly McBride


• Tips for Covering Tragedy By Mark Brayne


• Trauma Takes Toll on Journalists Covering Disasters By Aly Colón
  
  

Resources:

• The International Reporting Project


• SAJA Reporting Tips on South Asia & South Asian America


• CBC News: Disaster in Asia — Tsunami blog list


• Advice From One Who’s Been There by Patrick Hamilton, from the Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma 
  Hamilton’s article includes tips for journalists covering disasters. 


• Covering Disasters from No Train- No Gain


• Practical Suggestions for Journalists Covering Catastrophe from IJNet


• Editorial cartoons

Personal Accounts:

• Read the articles by Michael Dobbs of The Washington Post, his follow up and  online chat


• Freelancer Kevin Sites


• BBC News’ Roland Buerk


• BBC News Reporters’ Log: Asia Disaster


• Dispatch From Banda Aceh by New York Times reporter Eric Lichtblau