Nieman Reports: Long-Term Reporting on Katrina's Aftermath

by The Nieman Reports, Harvard University, http://www.nieman.harvard.edu

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University has made a pdf collection of stories about long-term coverage of Katrina's aftermath available online. The collection will appear in the Fall 2007 issue of Nieman Reports.

Nieman Reports Editor Melissa Ludtke writes:

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a story with no end in sight. In the Fall 2007 issue of Nieman Reports, 19 reporters, editors and photojournalists working in New Orleans and on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast describe the stress-filled intersection of what it takes to rebuild their own lives, the intense personal connections they've developed with this story, and the day-to-day effort they make to find new and compelling ways to keep a Katrina-fatigued public focused on the region's slow-motion recovery. In comparing Katrina's aftermath to other disasters he’s covered, AP photographer Alex Brandon writes: “What I’ve experienced here gives me a deeper understanding of how Iraqi journalists feel each day they head out to tell a story that to them is much more than a daily assignment.”

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