Summer Series Episode 4: Tectonic Edition

Summer Series Episode 4: Tectonic Edition

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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