This is another Training Tracks blog post from the archive of No Train, No Gain, originally published Aug. 23, 2004:
After Charley swept through Florida, a colleague there wrote asking if I had a workshop on covering a hurricane. Working in Omaha now and having spent my career in the Midwest, I responded that I might be able to help with a tornado. By now that colleague might be able to lead his own workshop on covering a hurricane.
How ready is your news operation to cover a disaster? How well do you learn from the disasters and other big stories you cover? (more…)