Disaster coverage tends to focus on destruction and damage, but as Adam Ragusea notes, “in a situation like (Hurricane) Irma, the fact that some buildings appear relatively unscathed is just as newsworthy as the destruction of others—at least, if one of those buildings is your home.”
Adam Ragusea is a journalist in residence and visiting assistant professor at Mercer University’s Center for Collaborative Journalism and host of Current.org’s podcast The Pub.
(Photo: Florida Army National Guardsmen use heavy equipment to clear the street of tree branches and debris in Key West, Fla., Sept. 14, 2017. Army National Guard photo by David Sterphone)