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The media coverage of hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita, in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana on week before their occurrences is examined. Findings showed that the most frequently covered content was 'actions to take to prevent the risk'. The risk content of the media reports during those periods is analyzed further.

Most Florida newspapers managed to conduct business as usual as Hurricane Erin hit on Aug 2, 1995. The hurricane only reached Category 1, compared to the Category 4 Hurricane Andrew that did so much damage in 1992. The papers had prepared for a worst case scenario, changing press times and sending workers home early. Several papers suffered power outages and one paper experienced flooding when a sign blew down and punctured the roof of its building., THOROUGHLY PREPARED FOR a much harsher hurricane, Florida's newspapers suffered no significant disruptions when Erin made landfall early in morning of Aug. 2. Even at the very center of the [...]

During Hurricane Gustav, Atex's Polopoly Web content management solution supported online hurricane coverage at Louisiana State University's Web site www.lsureveille.com. 'This was by far the most dynamic coverage of an [...]

When the roof blew off WLOX-TV's building at the height of Hurricane Katrina, the news staff stayed at their posts and kept the station on the air. 'To be honest [...]

'We're creating news content across multiple platforms 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We were built for this; this is really what we do,'' said Jim Walton, president [...]

I'm going to do something very American in this column. I'm going to show a short attention span and jump around the globe a bit. Why? Three, seemingly unrelated, events [...]

A summer of big news stories and big weather propelled Fox News Channel to record viewership in the third quarter, the fifth consecutive quarter in which Fox News' ratings outperformed [...]

Jeff Morrow and Mike Bettes are on-camera meteorologists and in-the-field meteorologists for The Weather Channel. Here are their first-person accounts of what it was like to cover Hurricane Katrina from [...]

In September 2004 Hurricanes Frances and Ivan devastated Florida. While most people evacuated the coastal areas to avoid the hazardous conditions, storm-chasing journalist Warren Faidley placed himself directly in the [...]

Newspapers along Hurricane Isabel's path battled a variety of problems Thursday and Friday, with most successfully publishing on or close to schedule. 'It was a terrible night, but we planned [...]

A newsroom in Louisiana spends time each year thinking about likely disaster scenarios and how the staff will deal with them. After the experience during the hurricanes with some public records and access fights, the need was felt to have a written 'how to' thoughts and story ideas about the kind of story that has left an impact on the community beyond breaking news and thus an inventory of the 'what ifs', including experiences from tornadoes to terrorist attacks.

Washes Out Location Shoot In N. Carolina; Sticks And Stones Dir. Blair Hayes Soldiers On. WILMINGTON, N.C. - The storyboards for the Nationwide Insurance shoot here had called for fire, […]

Hurricane Andrew disrupted the operations of many of the newspapers in Louisiana. Louisiana was hit by the hurricane on Aug 26, 1992. The building of the Daily Iberian (New Iberia, LA) was damaged by the hurricane and the paper was not published that day due to a lack of electricity. The editions of the next two days had to be published in the nearby city of Lafayette. Newspapers from all over the world called the paper for news of the Hurricane. Other Louisiana papers were damaged more extensively., Newspapers in Louisiana, which was pummeled by Hurricane Andrew on Aug. 26, fared only slightly better than their Florida neighbors. While wind howled for three hours in New Iberia, La., [...]

The staff of the Miami Herald conducted themselves with great courage during Hurricane Andrew. Much of the staff reported to the Herald building early before the hurricane hit southern Florida on Aug 23, 1992 to prepare the newspaper for covering the event. Despite the terrible personal toll many of the newspaper's employees suffered in losing their homes to the hurricane, the staff performed admirably and managed to get out a special edition covering the Hurricane for southern Florida residents who were anxious for news., Many of you might not know that the Miami Herald was able to publish every single day this past week, including an Extra edition just hours after Hurricane Andrew slammed [...]

Hurricane Andrew disrupted the operations of southern Florida newspapers. The South Dade News Leader (Homestead, FL) was unable to publish but the Miami Herald was able to put out a special edition the day the hurricane hit. Three-hundred and fifty Herald employees stayed in the Herald building the night the hurricane descended on southern Florida on Aug 23, 1992. The Herald was able to put out two combined editions of the Herald and the Herald's Spanish-language edition on both Aug 24th. Both editions had press runs of 75,000 copies and were distributed free to victims of the hurricane., When Hurricane Andrew blew into southern Florida Aug. 23, the storm left an estimated 50,000 people homeless, three million without power, and approximately $20 billion worth of property damages in [...]