Media and aid campaigns
Shaking our foundations: media and the Asian Tsunami
Reporting the aftermath of the Tsunami
Authors:
J. Park; A. Jensen
Publisher:
International Federation of Journalists , 2005
This report gives an overview of the challenges journalists and media organisations face in the aftermath of the tsunami. The massive earthquake and subsequent tsunamis devastated a number of communities in a dozen Indian Ocean countries. In the first 48 hours relief efforts in many regions were coordinated by the media.
As eyewitnesses to the disaster, journalists had to cover the immediate catastrophe, which required reporters to uphold a high standard of accuracy, professionalism and, above all, ethics while, at the same time, maintaining their own peace of mind in an atmosphere of great suffering which had a traumatic effect on survivors and observers alike.
The report also gives account of media efforts to monitor aid to the devastated regions, as well as the importance of accurate and fair reporting in the rebuilding efforts.
