Disaster and Crisis Coverage - International News Safety Institute

Disaster and Crisis Coverage
Managing crisis coverage
The first role of a newsroom leader in a disaster situation is to manage people
and information, in the field and in the newsroom.
Assign and inform
Assign field personnel specific duties, such as covering the incident scene,
hospitals, and officials. Make sure all reporters or teams know what they are
responsible for, and what is being covered by others. Share information often
and as widely as possible.
Assign newsroom personnel specific duties, as well. Put individuals in charge. As
one newspaper editor put it, “committees do not work on deadline.”
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