A visiting friend from Boston last week complained bitterly about press coverage after the marathon bombings. Among other things, she wanted to know why so many outlets reported that there had been
Understanding Violent Weather 2009
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the deadly wild-fires in California, and the devastating floods in Iowa; violent weather coverage has quickly become an important skill for journalists to master. During our four-day “Understanding Violent Weather” program, nineteen journalists from across the country traveled to the University of Oklahoma’s National Weather Center, where they learned about a wide range of weather related topics including basic meteorology, forecasting, reporting on different types of weather, working with emergency management officials, and using new media to cover weather emergencies. The fellows toured the National Weather Center’s facilities the university’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Resources
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Intersection of Social Science and Meteorology [download]
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Fundamentals of Forecasting [download]
Greg Carbin [read bio]Warning Coordinator Meteorologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction -
Fundamentals of Forecasting [download]
Greg Carbin [read bio]Warning Coordinator Meteorologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Storm Prediction
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Basic Meteorology [download]
Kevin Kloesel, Ph.D.University of Oklahoma
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Severe Weather: Hurricanes [download]
Kenneth Graham [read bio]Meteorologist in Charge - National Weather Service Office, New Orleans, LA
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Floods and Droughts [download]
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Floods to Droughts [download]
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Winter Weather [download]
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Covering A Weather Emergency in a New Media World [download]
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Severe Weather: Tornadoes [download]
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Severe Weather: Tornadoes [download]
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Normalized Damage from Major Tornadoes in the United States: 1890–1999 [download]
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Deaths in the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornado from a Historical Perspective [download]
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Climatological Estimates of Local Daily Tornado Probability for the United States [download]
