Editorial: After disaster hits, newspeople shine.(Press Room)(the efforts of Liberty Corp.'s WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Miss. )(Editorial)

TelevisionWeek, September, 2005

Amid the devastation and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, we pause to praise television journalists in the affected communities who have responded by going far above what we would normally expect from them. Local TV news often gets knocked, quite rightly, for superficial and self-serving reports and features.

That perception is often reflected in public opinion surveys. For example, in a Reuters poll conducted every four years on the level of trust in what the public sees on TV, the results last fall gave television journalists a grade of C. Then along comes a crisis that brings out the best in TV news, like the one that struck a large swath of the South last week. Under the most difficult conditions, numerous reporters and anchors rose to the...

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