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Glenda Cooper 23 rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting 4th June 2008

Glenda Cooper 23 rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting 4th June 2008. After the wave: reporting disasters since the tsunami. Reporting disasters:. How citizen journalism is altering disaster reporting How this, in turn, alters the cosy relationship between journalists and aid workers

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Glenda Cooper 23 rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting 4th June 2008

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  1. Glenda Cooper23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting4th June 2008 After the wave: reporting disasters since the tsunami

  2. Reporting disasters: • How citizen journalism is altering disaster reporting • How this, in turn, alters the cosy relationship between journalists and aid workers • Why this matters: how media coverage affects aid 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  3. 26.12.04 - a turning point 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  4. “ It was like the entire world was suddenly spinning and rattling. I was so scared that I ran out.. not realising I did not even have any shoes on. … May Allah have mercy on all of us.” Source: BBC 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  5. UGC and the • In 2005, the BBC received 300 emails per day from the public • Now it receives 12-15,000 per day • Photos/videos have gone from 100 a week to 1,000 Source: BBC 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  6. A quarter of a billion people now have a mobile here Mobile phone usage has gone from 1 in 50 to a third of the population £25bn is being invested in mobile phone coverageSource: UNITU, GSMA Africa: the mobile revolution 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  7. 1. England      
 2. United States        
 3. Canada       
 4. Kenya         5. South Africa 6. Nigeria      
 7. Tanzania     
 8. Uganda       
 9. Norway       
 10. Ireland   Source: BBC Accessing BBC via mobile phones 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  8. Key Ingredients for a Disaster • Starving child (preferably crying) • Feeding centre (complete with mothers with shrunken breasts) • Aid worker (usually a white woman, battling against the odds) • Reporter (breathless and shocked, saying how awful it is) Source: Dispatches from Disaster Zones, 27 May 1998 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  9. Aid agencies and UGC 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  10. The Observer In starvation's grip Tim Judah in Cachembe, Mozambique, Dominic Nutt in Malawi and Peter Beaumont in London As the sun set over the village of Mulomba in Malawi last week, a group of women and girls strolled over to a cluster of shacks. Traders were packing up their wares and the evening's entertainment was about to begin. Music floated from inside the rooms at the village's edge, where men were dancing and drinking a home-brewed maize beer. It was only 5pm but already there was a sense of excitement, and danger, in the air. Source: The Observer 9 June 2002 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  11. Tsunami death toll Sources: UN Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery & Lexis Nexis 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  12. How coverage affects donations Source: World Disasters Report 2006 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  13. The Niger Crisis, 2005 • May 16th - UN launch $16m appeal for Niger • July 14th - Only $3.6m raised so far • July 18th - BBC starts reports on Niger • July 27th - $17m raised in and outside UN Source: World Disasters Report 2006 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

  14. Conclusions • Citizen journalism can improve disaster reporting • Journalists and aid workers must think about blurred boundaries • Disaster reporting must be as rigorous and objective as any other story 23rd ALNAP Biannual Meeting, June 2008

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