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CAR for covering natural disasters

Number 2612
Subject Disasters
Source John Maines
State South Florida Sun Sentinel
Year 2006
Publication Date CAR_2006_Newark_NJ
Summary Maines offers many suggestions for incorporating CAR into fast-paced disaster investigations. For instance, he suggests using mapping to show the extent of damage in certain areas or neighborhoods. Maines also discusses some of the surprises that reporters for the Sun Sentinel faced after Hurricane Wilma, and how in the future journalists can anticipate similar surprises and work around them.
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