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Local Coverage of Katrina:

Times-Picayune
The (Biloxi) Sun Herald
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WWL-TV
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WLOX-TV
WAPT-TV
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National Coverage of Katrina & Rita:
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Lost & Found Journalists

If you are trying to confirm the whereabouts of a journalist who was covering Hurricane Katrina but has been out of touch, let us know. We'll post the journalist's name below, along with whatever other information we have. If you know the whereabouts of someone listed below, please let us know and provide contact information so we can update the listing.

  • Eliot Kamenitz (Times-Picayune photographer), please contact Peter Young

Here is contact information for some news organizations:

  • The (Biloxi) Sun Herald
    Employees and carriers: If we have not heard from you, we have people out searching for you in your neighborhood – so please call the Employee Hotline toll-free at 1-800-346-2472 to let us know how you are and how we can reach you. Click here for more info.
  • WAPT-TV and WDSU-TV
    Hearst Argyle Television asks WAPT-TV and WDSU-TV 6 employees to please contact Hearst-Argyle TV. Call collect 1-212-887-6820 / 1-212-887-6810, or e-mail LLange@hearst.com. Please let us know if you are ok, if you have a phone number or access to e-mail and where you can be contacted.
  • WWL-TV employee blog

Journalists who are checking in:

  • (Posted Sept. 4, 2005) Malcolm Stewart: I'm a press room worker at The Times-Picayune.  I wanted to get word to my employers that I'm in Houston with my wife's parents and would like to know the future of my employment or ways I can to get recommendations for other jobs . Please respond soon.
Posted by Julie Moos at 4:48 PM on Sep. 9, 2005
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