Disaster Through a Different Lens: Behind Every Effect, There is a Cause. A Guide for Journalists Covering Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR);European Commission’s Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection Directorate General (ECHO) (2011), 188 pp.
Contains acronyms p. 5
1. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR), 12
The basics about DRR: Getting the words right,13
Face the facts: Disaster statistics and trends, 19
Why disasters are happening? 33
How can we prevent disasters? 51
Who is responsible for disaster risk reduction? 57
Frequently asked questions about DRR, 61
Key DRR messages, 69
2. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND THE MEDIA, 70
Responsibility of the media in disaster reporting, 71
Ten good reasons to write about DRR, 77
Tips for reporting on DRR, 85
Media checklist, 93
Examples of DRR reporting, 97
3. DRR LESSONS FROM FOUR DISASTERS, 108
Indian Ocean tsunami, 109
Mount Pinatubo, the Philippines, 113
Hurricane Katrina, United States, 116
Kashmir earthquake, Pakistan, 120
The basics about DRR: Getting the words right,13
Face the facts: Disaster statistics and trends, 19
Why disasters are happening? 33
How can we prevent disasters? 51
Who is responsible for disaster risk reduction? 57
Frequently asked questions about DRR, 61
Key DRR messages, 69
2. DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND THE MEDIA, 70
Responsibility of the media in disaster reporting, 71
Ten good reasons to write about DRR, 77
Tips for reporting on DRR, 85
Media checklist, 93
Examples of DRR reporting, 97
3. DRR LESSONS FROM FOUR DISASTERS, 108
Indian Ocean tsunami, 109
Mount Pinatubo, the Philippines, 113
Hurricane Katrina, United States, 116
Kashmir earthquake, Pakistan, 120
