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nicole bogdas
VizEds Moderator
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Posts: 748
Location: Palm Beach Post
Posted:
Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:27 pm
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Hurricanes are one time when newspapers really do well...While most people do watch tv for constant updates that's not the function the paper servers during this time. For instance, we run stories about how to get prepared. step-by-step instructions for installing plywood, running a generator, etc. These are things that people save and use. Also, once the power goes out and there's no more TV you can always do the crossword puzzle! After the storm hits, the newspaper can be even more valuable by providing news that people can't get anywhere else. We help quell rumors and give people a small sense of normalcy. I think it was Kevin Wendt who said when he was helping after Katrina that people cried when their newspapers were delivered. If you can't understand that, try going media-free for one day. Just one. Most of us here will have nothing but the newspaper as a connection to what's going on for a week, possibly more. I'm getting all mushy now, but this really the most gratifying part of being a journalist. At times like this you really get to help people. I like it.
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Beth Bryant Miller
Contributing editor
Joined: 12 Aug 2004
Posts: 132
Location: Southeast Texas
Posted:
Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:19 pm
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When we were hit by Hurricane Rita, the paper didn't publish an actual print edition for 10 days, I think. (I'm no longer in the newspaper business.) They wrote stories for their Web site so those of us who were evacuated could find out what was happening. When they finally were able to publish an actual paper, editors and reporters went around town, handing them out to people. I wasn't here, but reportedly, people were thrilled that there was one thing that was getting back to normal -- the newspaper.
Anyway, in general, hurricanes aren't a big deal here unless it's happening to us, or like the case of Hurricane Katrina, where it was just one big disaster. Also, since we're on the Texas-Louisiana border, a lot of New Orleanians evacuated and relocated here.
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