Breaking News on a Restless Planet: Covering Disasters by Mainstream & New Media by Nalaka Gunawardene

Breaking News on a Restless Planet: Covering Disasters in a Networked Society KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY Nalaka Gunawardene Director, TVE Asia Pacific Science writer, blogger & Film maker ZiF-Research Group Closing Conference "Dealing with the Disasters of Others" Bielefeld, Germany: 26 – 28 January 2012

Line-up… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

My style… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

TVE Asia Pacific (TVEAP) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Disasters & Me! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sri Lanka’s ‘Triple Whammy’ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

My response has evolved… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Media Landscape in 25 yrs… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Resilience… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Sri Lanka: Key differences… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Not much collaboration between the two, at least for now...

Groundviews.org: Google Maps for tracking SL floods, Jan-Feb 2011

How can new media help? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is it how we look at our world? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Killed by Earthquakes 1975-2000 ,[object Object]

Killed by floods, 1975 - 2000 ,[object Object]

Killed by storms, 1975 - 2000 ,[object Object]

Data mining: Joy of Stats? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sri Lanka: Floods Jan/Feb 2011 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Elephant death that attracted global AND local media coverage amidst so much human suffering!

Drowning in media’s indifference? ,[object Object],Himal Southasian Magazine, March 2011 Op-ed by Nalaka Gunawardene

Drowning in media’s indifference? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Communicating Disasters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Public interest commercial!

Disaster impacts vs. media interest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Declining coverage on floods… ,[object Object],[object Object]

Double whammy in Asia? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thailand Floods - Late 2011 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Saving Bangkok? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Pakistan Floods, Summer 2010 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Pakistan, Drowning in Neglect” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who gets saved – and why? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Rethink water management? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Dam breach disasters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2011: Kantale + 25 years ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],SL’s hapless Minister of Irrigation as seen by cartoonist Dervin Pereira, in Daily Mirror

Media interest in dam safety ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cruel ironies in DRR… ,[object Object],[object Object]

Mullaperiyar: Dam disaster in waiting? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

One ageing dam, two new movies… ,[object Object],[object Object]

DAM 999 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Another way forward: Multistakeholder dialogues on dam safety ,[object Object]

Summing up… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summing up 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Big Challenge … ,[object Object],[object Object]

Email: nalaka@tveap.org Blog: http://nalakagunawardene.com Twitter: NalakaG

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