team2 media&planning
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Lisa Bassett, Rufus Faulk, Kara Oberg, Lisa Timberlake, Stephanie Williams
Making Media Making Media Savvy PlannersSavvy PlannersCourse Proposal: Media and Disaster Planning
Lisa Bassett, Rufus Faulk, Kara Oberg, Lisa Timberlake, Stephanie Williams
“In larger disasters, no one – individuals or agencies – has enough informationinformation to make decisions, and information is
essential to understanding the situation of the whole community community – who and what has been impacted, what
resources are available andstill needed, and what the future holds."
-Robert Olshansky
Course ProposalCourse Proposal
Course AgendaCourse Agenda
DisastersThe meeting point of the fields of media and planning with community as the common link between the two
News MediaRelationship to community in disasters
PlannersRelationship to community in disasters
ChallengesObserving the current relationship between the two fields
DisastersDisasters
Planners
Media
Community
DISASTERS
DisastersDisasters
News MediaNews Media
News MediaNews Media
News MediaNews Media
PlanningPlanning
PlanningPlanning
Seeks buy-in from communities
Public-private partnerships with consulting firms
Surveys, charrettes, evening visioning sessions/community meetings
Advent of social media facilitates this process:◦ Twitter/Facebook
Contemporary Planning is a Participatory Process
ChallengesChallenges
Challenges in Media/Planner Challenges in Media/Planner RelationshipsRelationships
•Mistrust
•Negative perceptions
•Lack of media relations education
Class ObjectivesClass Objectives
PROPOSED CLASS OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND
DESCRIBE
CONTRIBUTE
RECOGNIZE
The NeedThe Need
Ivy Frances of FEMA recommends:
•Planners need to form a relationship with the media
•Planners should utilize the media as much as possible
The NeedThe Need
The Common Ground
First RespondersFacilitatorsMediators
Questions?Questions?
Thank you and goodnight!