Andrea Miller is associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Her work has appeared in many journals.|Shearon Roberts, New Orleans, Louisiana, is a native of Trinidad and an assistant professor of mass communication at Xavier University of Louisiana. She contributed to Covering Disaster: Lessons from Coverage of Katrina and Rita.|Victoria LaPoe is an assistant professor at Western Kentucky University. She is the author of the book American-Indian Media: The Past, the Present, and the Promise of Digital.
Oil and Water describes in depth and detail what has happened to
the media in Louisiana. But it's more than that. It's a microcosm
of what has happened in every community in America.--Jack Zibluk
"Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies"
Oil and Water takes a sharp look at disaster reporting and examines
the multitude of local and national coverage following Hurricane
Katrina and the Gulf oil spill. It's an essential read for both
journalists and consumers to get a better understanding of
journalism amid crisis.--Michelle Miller, CBS News correspondent
and former anchor at WWL-TV in New Orleans
The authors have penned a thought-provoking commentary on
contemporary journalism and its role in the evolving genre of
'disaster reporting.' Louisianans know better than most about
national and man-made disasters; Oil and Water reminds us of the
sometimes disproportionate impact the media has on how perceptions
are shaped.--Jay Dardenne, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
The must-read book before parachuting off to the next disaster
scene--even for the most seasoned network news veteran. Oil and
Water wades into disaster reporting that ranged from the shallow to
the deep and emerges with a cohesive chronicle of the media chaos
following Katrina. The authors also carefully compare and contrast
how two of the worst disasters to hit the Gulf Coast produced some
of this country's best local journalism--ever.--Donna
Dees-Thomases, author of Looking for a Few Good Moms: How One Mom
Rallied a Million Others against the Gun Lobby and former
communications director at CBS News and The Late Show with David
Letterman
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