Oil and Water: Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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$42.00
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University Press of Mississippi
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210
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.47 inches | 0.68 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781496804648

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About the Author
Andrea Miller is associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Her work has appeared in many journals. Shearon Roberts is a native of Trinidad and assistant professor of mass communication at Xavier University of Louisiana. She contributed to Covering Disaster: Lessons from Coverage of Katrina and Rita. Victoria LaPoe is assistant professor at Western Kentucky University. She is author of American-Indian Media: The Past, the Present, and the Promise of Digital.
Reviews
Oil and Water describes in depth and detail what has happened to the media in Louisiana. But it's more than that. It's a microcosm of what has happened in every community in America.--Jack Zibluk "Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies"
Oil and Water takes a sharp look at disaster reporting and examines the multitude of local and national coverage following Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill. It's an essential read for both journalists and consumers to get a better understanding of journalism amid crisis.--Michelle Miller, CBS News correspondent and former anchor at WWL-TV in New Orleans
The must-read book before parachuting off to the next disaster scene--even for the most seasoned network news veteran. Oil and Water wades into disaster reporting that ranged from the shallow to the deep and emerges with a cohesive chronicle of the media chaos following Katrina. The authors also carefully compare and contrast how two of the worst disasters to hit the Gulf Coast produced some of this country's best local journalism--ever.--Donna Dees-Thomases, author of Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mom Rallied a Million Others against the Gun Lobby and former communications director at CBS News and The Late Show with David Letterman
The authors have penned a thought-provoking commentary on contemporary journalism and its role in the evolving genre of 'disaster reporting.' Louisianans know better than most about national and man-made disasters; Oil and Water reminds us of the sometimes disproportionate impact the media has on how perceptions are shaped.--Jay Dardenne, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana