Many representatives of the news media reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina became directly involved in the unfolding events, instead of simply reporting. Due to the loss of most means of communication, such as land-based and cellular telephone systems, field reporters in many cases became conduits for information between victims and authorities. News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ...

Media involvement

Geraldo Rivera reporting from the New Orleans Convention Center on September 2, 2005.

Several reporters for various news agencies located groups of stranded victims, and reported their location via satellite uplink. Authorities, who monitored the network news broadcasts, would then attempt to coordinate rescue efforts based on the news reports. This was best illustrated when Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera of Fox News, among others, reported thousands of refugees stranded at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rivera tearfully pleaded for authorities to either send help or let the refugees leave. Geraldo Rivera went so far as to compare the convention center to Willowbrook State School.^[1] Image File history File links Geraldo Rivera reporting from a shelter set up in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... Image File history File links Geraldo Rivera reporting from a shelter set up in response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943), known on television as Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo is an American television journalist and former talk show host. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In journalism, news agencies are bodies established to supply news reports to newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ... U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ... Shepard Smith (born David Shepard Smith, Jr. ... Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943), known on television as Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo is an American television journalist and former talk show host. ... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Gerald Michael Rivera (born July 4, 1943), known on television as Geraldo Rivera or simply Geraldo is an American television journalist and former talk show host. ... Willowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for mentally retarded children located in central Staten Island in New York City. ...

Many journalists also contributed to the spread of false rumors of lawlessness among the victims, which many have interpreted as an instance of yellow journalism. Many news organizations carried the unsubstantiated accounts that murder and rape were widespread, and in some cases later repeated the claims as fact, without attribution. However, only one actual report of a raping occurred during the uproar.^[2] A few of the reports of rape and violence were based on statements made by New Orleans city officials, including the Chief of Police. Many officials later claimed these rumors often impeded the relief and rescue efforts.^[3] Nasty little printers devils spew forth from the Hoe press in this Puck cartoon of Nov. ...

Some issues of racial bias in media coverage began to surface as Caucasian flood victims were portrayed in one Agence France-Presse photo as "finding" supplies, while a black person was described in an Associated Press photo as "looting" supplies. The photographers later clarified the two stories, one claiming he witnessed the black person looting a flooded store, while the other photographer described the white people as finding the food floating in floodwaters. ^[4] AFP logo Paris headquarters of AFP Charles Havas Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the oldest news agency in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

The news media, both traditional and Internet, also played a role in helping families locate missing loved ones. Many family members, unable to contact local authorities in the affected areas, discovered the fate of a loved one via an online photo or television video clip. In one instance, a family in Clearwater, Florida discovered their mother was still alive in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi after seeing a photo of her on TampaBayStart.com, a regional news site.

The storm also brought a dramatic rise in the role of Internet sites - especially blogging and community journalism. One example was the effort of NOLA.com, the web affiliate of New Orleans' Times-Picayune, which was awarded the Breaking News Pulitzer Prize,^[5] and shared the Public Service Pulitzer with the Biloxi-based Sun Herald.^[6] The newspaper's coverage was carried for days only on NOLA's blogs, as the newspaper lost its presses and evacuated its building as water rose around it on August 30. The site became an international focal point for news by local media, and also became a vital link for rescue operations and later for reuniting scattered residents, as it accepted and posted thousands of individual pleas for rescue on its blogs and forums. NOLA was monitored constantly by an array of rescue teams - from individuals to the Coast Guard - which used information in rescue efforts. Much of this information was relayed from trapped victims via the SMS functions of their cell phones, to friends and relatives outside the area, who then relayed the information back to NOLA.com. The aggregation of community journalism, user photos and the use of the internet site as a collaborative response to the storm attracted international attention, and was called a watershed moment in journalism.^[7] In the wake of these online-only efforts, the Pulitzer Committee for the first time opened all its categories to online entries.^[8] A Web site (or colloquially, Website) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP... GOOD BLOGS: For and Against Bizarre Things Games Casino Sudoku Challenge Star Wars REDIRECT Blog ... The New Orleans Times-Picayune is the major daily newspaper serving New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... The Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. ...

Restrictions on the media

Gaffer's tape identifies journalists to police and military personnel.

As the U.S. military and rescue services regained control over the city, there were restrictions on the activity of the media. Image File history File links KATUTVCar. ... Image File history File links KATUTVCar. ...

On September 9, Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honoré, the military leader of the relief effort, announced that reporters would have "zero access" to efforts to recover bodies in New Orleans.^[9] Journalist Brian Williams also reported that in the process of blocking journalists, police even went so far as to threaten reporters with a weapon.^[10] However, at refugee centers such as the Austin Convention Center and the Houston Astrodome, press activity was extensive. Immediately following the government decision, CNN filed a lawsuit and obtained a temporary restraining order against the federal ban. The next day, spokesperson Col. Christian E. deGraff announced that the government would no longer attempt to bar media access to the victim recovery efforts.^[9] September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Russel L. Honoré Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré (pronounced ON-or-ay) (born 1947), also known as The Ragin Cajun (although actually of Louisiana Creole background), is the commanding general of the U.S. First Army in Fort Gillem, Georgia, and current commander of Joint Task Force Katrina responsible for... For other persons named Brian Williams, see Brian Williams (disambiguation). ... Austin Convention Center is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Austin, Texas. ... The Reliant Astrodome, formerly just the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium in Houston, Texas, and is part of the Reliant Park complex. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... It has been suggested that civil trial be merged into this article or section. ... An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that either prohibits or compels (enjoins or restrains) a party from continuing a particular activity. ...

On September 7, KATU journalist Brian Barker reported that his team was threatened with automatic weapons by U.S. Marshals until they were identified by Brig. Gen. Doug Pritt, commander of the 41st Brigade Combat Team of Oregon, the unit they were embedded with.^[11] Subsequently, his team taped the letters, "TV" on the side of their vehicles in accordance with standard practice in war zones. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... KATU is a television station in Portland, Oregon, USA. An ABC affiliate, it broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 2 and its digital signal on UHF channel 43. ... United States Marshals star badge The United States Marshals Service (USMS) (sometimes incorrectly spelled “Marshals’ Service”) is an agency within the United States Department of Justice (see 28 U.S.C. Â§ 561) and is a federal police organization with special spheres of authority. ... The Sunset shoulder patch of the 41st Brigade Combat Team The 41st Brigade Combat Team is an element in the Oregon Army National Guard. ...

Toronto Star staff photojournalist Lucas Oleniuk was thrown to the ground by police in the French Quarter after taking several photographs, including pictures of a firefight between looters and police and the subsequent alleged beating of a looter by the police. The police attempted to take all of his equipment, however he convinced them to just take his camera's memory cards. In a separate incident, freelance photojournalist Marko Georgiev took photos of a body presumably shot and killed by the police. Police then pointed their weapons at the car and ordered the journalists out. They proceeded to search the car and confiscated one of Georgiev's memory cards.^[12] The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ...

See also

• Hardy Jackson

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