INTRODUCTION
The occurrence of a catastrophic weather event is a perfect time for 
teachers and students to scrutinize reporting by the print and broadcast media.  
What follows are just  a few resources to help educators. 

Teachers may wish to have their students review the key concepts of  media literacy as well as the critical thinking/viewing questions relevant to all media messages.

Some other questions to consider:
-how does news reporting change when disaster strikes?
-what restrictions are placed on reporters/photographers?
-where and how do news consumers get reliable information?
-what role does the Internet play for consumers/journalists?
-whose stories/pictures don't get told/shown and why?
-do the pictures you see tell you everything you need to know?
-where can news viewers go to complain about news coverage?

Use the Table of Contents (on the left) to navigate through the various
pages of this website.

This page written/produced by media educator Frank Baker. You can reach me
at this email address:  fbaker1346@aol.com

Page last updated: 02/12/2009