Summer Series Episode 4: Tectonic Edition

On the Media

• Episode: Summer Series Episode 4: Tectonic Edition
• Website: On the Media
• Feed URL: http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia
• Duration: 00:14:27
• Published: 2018-08-29 18:00

After an earthquake struck Nepal in April of 2015, the post-disaster media coverage followed a trajectory we'd seen repeated after other earth-shaking events. We put together a template to help a discerning news consumer look for the real story. It's our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Tectonic Edition. Brooke spoke to Jonathan M. Katz, who wrote "How Not to Report on an Earthquake" for the New York Times Magazine.