Getting news out from Hurricane is a massive effort. Here are a few stories about those struggles:
- UPDATE – How Houston Chronicle is covering home-town flooding / Why Local News Matters
This Facebook status from a @HoustonChron reporter says everything you need to know about local newspapers. https://t.co/HbMfTHBbHE pic.twitter.com/xI1wlqaJZS
— Kathryn Varn (@kathrynvarn) August 31, 2017
- Houston-area media disrupted by Hurricane Harvey
Along with all of the other businesses in the area, the media (from mobile phone service to TV stations) are struggling to deal with the fallout from the storm.
When you work till 1 a.m. at @HoustonChron you can behold the promise of the press. Not even a hurricane can stop the presses from rolling. pic.twitter.com/sBneIGItRs
— Mizanur Rahman (@Mizanur_TX) August 31, 2017
Wow. Just wow. pic.twitter.com/JmzIf0Z19M
— Jimmy Hester (@geekjimmy) August 30, 2017
I-10 West of Beaumont right now pic.twitter.com/vHPSRpRr9K
— Chris Boehme (@cboehme69) August 29, 2017
- News can arrive through mobile phone video transmitted over network television.
Phones can go where TV cameras can’t.
"Please help us, I'm scared." Houston resident stranded on her roof with no food, water asks for help on @GMA: https://t.co/cWJShLm5CW pic.twitter.com/xrGNYBzMpy
— Good Morning America (@GMA) August 28, 2017
"It's a positive in the middle of a negative, and I think we can all use that right now." https://t.co/jRYDAQGOym pic.twitter.com/HP5pZbVk91
— Poynter (@Poynter) August 29, 2017
- Reporters don’t check their humanity at the door when they are covering stories. They can’t help becoming part of the story
A family used @twitter to contact @KaitlinMcCulley hoping to be rescued in Kingwood | Watch live: https://t.co/Ly4vm5Kon7 pic.twitter.com/MuJU8KYsqs
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) August 30, 2017
ABC13 reporter helps woman in labor during flood // You don’t lose your humanity as a reporter https://t.co/euqxVkbv2I
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 29, 2017
Monsoon rains over the last several weeks have killed over 1,000 people across India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. https://t.co/rfhzUxdR46
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 31, 2017