A compendium of Press Criticism
General Press Criticism
"Covering New Orleans: The Decade Before the Storm" [1]
Byron Calame, The New York Times, September 11, 2005
"Hearings Tempest Downgraded to Tropical Storm" [2]
Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post, September 12, 2005
"Why Katrina Spawned no Media Stars" [3]
Jon Friedman, MarketWatch, September 12, 2005
"Why Levee Breaches in New Orleans were Late-Breaking News" [4]
Joe Hagan & Joseph T. Hallinan, Wall Street Journal, September 12, 2005
"From Deference to Outrage: Katrina and the Press" [5]
Jay Rosen, Press Think, September 8, 2005
"Standing in the Way of a Good Story" [6]
Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post, September 9, 2005
"Color-blind coverage?" [7]
Ishmael Reed, San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 2005
"Refugees, evacuees, victims or survivors?" [8]
Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune, September 8, 2005
"After the Deluge" [9]
Art Buchwald, Tribune Media Services, September 8, 2005
"Use of the Word 'Refugee' Stirs Newsroom Debate" [10]
Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press, September 6, 2005
"Media comes through with Katrina coverage" [11]
Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News, September 7, 2005
"The Story of the Hurricane" [12]
Sheelah Kolhatkar and Rebecca Dana, The New York Observer, September 7, 2005
"At Last, Reporters' Feelings Rise to the Surface" [13]
Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post, September 5, 2005
"Anger, empathy, skepticism cracking through journalistic objectivity" [14]
Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun, September 4, 2005
"Katrina rekindles adversarial media" [15]
Peter Johnson, USA Today, September 5, 2005
"A warning sent but left unheeded" [16]
Tim Rutten, The Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2005
"News media get past logistical hurdles to report on storm's aftermath" [17]
Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun, September 2, 2005
"Journalism in Recovering Communities: Lessons from Grand Forks" [18]
Butch Ward, Poynteronline, August 31, 2005
"Katrina, up close and very personal" [19]
Bill Keveney, USA Today, August 30, 2005
"Covering Katrina: About As Bad As Can Be" [20]
Bill Mitchell, Poynteronline, September 1, 2005
"News groups scramble, improvise on 'bigger' story" [21]
Glenn Garvin, The Miami Herald, September 1, 2005
"Media cautious in storm's wake" [22]
Paul J. Gough, The Hollywood Reporter, September 1, 2005
"Media Struggles to Cover Katrina" [23]
Brian Montopoli, CBSNews.com , August 31, 2005
"News media grapples with peril storm poses" [24]
Nick Madigan, The Baltimore Sun, August 29, 2005
Newspapers
"The Times-Picayune: How They Did It" [25]
Paul McLeary, CJR Daily, September 12, 2005
"Hurricane Forces New Orleans Newspaper to Face a Daunting Set of Obstacles" [26]
Lisa Guernsey, The New York Times, September 5, 2005
"'NY Times' Photographer Talks About Covering "War Zone" in Louisiana" [27]
Daryl Lang, Photo District News, September 1, 2005
"Here Comes the 'Sun': Biloxi Paper Somehow Appears in Print" [28]
Jennifer Saba, Editor & Publisher, August 30, 2005
"Baton Rouge Paper Rides Out Storm--and Offers New Home for the AP" [29]
Joe Strupp, Associated Press, August 30, 2005
"Newspapers Improvise With Web Editions and Blogs" [30]
James Rainey, The Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2005
Television
"They Shoot News Anchors, Don't They?" [31]
Nikki Finke, LA Weekly, September 9-15, 2005
"The camera doesn't lie" [32]
The Baltimore Sun, September 8, 2005
"In the madness of hurricane and its aftermath, TV is the unblinking eye that brings clarity" [33]
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2005
"The worst, best of Katrina on TV" [34]
Jonathan Storm, The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 7, 2005
"TV was the eye on the storm" [35]
Robert Lloyd, The Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2005
"Networks won't retreat from graphic coverage" [36]
Paul J. Gough, Reuters, September 1, 2005
"Television Finds Covering Area Hit by Storm is Like Working in a War Zone" [37]
Bill Carter, The New York Times, September 1, 2005
"TV Networks Navigate Floodwaters To Get on Air" [38]
Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post, September 1, 2005
"TV coverage captures drama" [39]
Robin Abcarian, The Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2005
"TV employs a familiar hurricane script" [40]
Jon Friedman, MarketWatch, August 31, 2005
"TV journalists face shortages in Katrina coverage" [41]
Paul J. Gough, The Hollywood Reporter, August 31, 2005
"Networks improvise in Gulf Coast as Katrina hits" [42]
Paul J. Gough, Reuters, August 29, 2005
"None injured as CNN mobile unit takes hit" [43]
Paul J. Gough, Hollywood Reporter, August 29, 2005
New Media
"Craigslist Versus Katrina" [44]
Keith Axline, Wired.com, September 1, 2005
"Web sites help lost loved ones find each other" [45]
Bob Sullivan and Will Femia, MSNBC.com, August 31, 2005
"News outlets, online journalists struggle to fill post-storm information gap" [46]
K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News, August 31, 2005
"Storm blogs offer Katrina insight" [47]
BBC News, August 31, 2005
"Flooding Stops Presses and Broadcasts, So Journalists Turn to the Web" [48]
Steve Lohr and Felicia R. Lee, The New York Times, August 31, 2005
Blogging the Hurricane, Day 2: How Newspapers Are Covering Cleanup & Rescue on the Gulf Coast" [49]
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher , August 29, 2005