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Tips for Covering Biological Disasters. Bill Allen Assistant Professor/Coordinator Agricultural Journalism Program University of Missouri-Columbia allenwi@missouri.edu. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster. Get into the field.
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Tips for Covering Biological Disasters Bill Allen Assistant Professor/Coordinator Agricultural Journalism Program University of Missouri-Columbia allenwi@missouri.edu
Five tips for covering a breaking disaster • Get into the field.
Five tips for covering a breaking disaster • Get into the field. • Know where you’re going.
Five tips for covering a breaking disaster • Get into the field. • Know where you’re going. • Be careful out there.
Five tips for covering a breaking disaster • Get into the field. • Know where you’re going. • Be careful out there. • Stay upwind.
Five tips for covering a breaking disaster • Get into the field. • Know where you’re going. • Be careful out there. • Stay upwind. • PREPARE IN ADVANCE.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Write original stories.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Write original stories. • Cultivate and maintain good sources.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Write original stories. • Cultivate and maintain good sources. • Prepare in advance.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Write original stories. • Cultivate and maintain good sources. • Prepare in advance. • Translate scientific jargon.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Write original stories. • Cultivate and maintain good sources. • Prepare in advance. • Translate scientific jargon. • Make stories alive and relevant.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Take precautions with statistics.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Take precautions with statistics. • Report science carefully.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Take precautions with statistics. • Report science carefully. • Look for hidden interests.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Take precautions with statistics. • Report science carefully. • Look for hidden interests. • Seek balance.
Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters • Take precautions with statistics. • Report science carefully. • Look for hidden interests. • Seek balance. • Don’t forget follow up stories.
Some links of interest: From the American Veterinary Medical Association: • http://www.avma.org/disaster/resources.asp • http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/educators/index.html • http://ianrhome.unl.edu/inthenews/agroterrorism.shtml • http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/default.asphttp://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp • http://www.tdh.texas.gov/bioterrorism/default.htm • http://www.bt.cdc.gov/ • http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu • http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/cd/fsmd.html • http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.html • http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/
Some links of interest: • Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies: http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/agromain.htm