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Know Disaster, Tell Disaster Risk Reduction: Training Handbook for Media Professionals

Kobe: SEEDS Asia;United Nations, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (2009), 57 pp.

Contains many illustrations, directory pp. 54-57

"This handbook will help media practitioners to conceptualize the risks, expand their knowledge on how to incorporate disaster risk reduction in their current programmes, and design and develop appropriate programmes to communicate the risk with their audiences. Efforts were made to ensure that local media groups would have easy access to information on Disaster Risk Reduction that could be incorporated into their future programmes." (Publisher description)
PART 1. CONCEPTUALIZATION OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Tip 1 Basic concept of disaster risk reduction, 8
Tip 2 Introduction of natural disasters in Maldives, 10
PART 2. MEDIA'S ROLE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Tip 3 Think what and how media can do for awareness rising! 18
Tip 4Process of producing programs, 20
Tip 5 Producing programs: Tips on DRR, 22
Tip 6 Producing programs: Documentary, 24
Tip 7 Producing programs: Drama, 26
Tip 8 Producing programs: Songs/Music, 28
Tip 9 Producing programs: Experiences, 30
Tip 10 Producing programs: Event, 32
Tip 11 Producing programs: Network, 34
PART 3. FEEDBACK FROM AUDIENCES ON NEEDS AND PREFERENCES
Tip 11 Feedback of audiences in islands, 38
Tip 12 Feedback of audiences in Male', 42
PART 4. CASE STUDIES
Case 1 Tips on DRR, 44
Case 2 Documentary, 44
Case 3 Drama, 44
Case 4 Songs/ Music, 45
Case 6 Experiences/ Knowledge, 45
Case 13 Event/Off-air activities, 47
Case 19 Networking, 49