Publications
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IAEA Competition Seeks Young People's Ideas on Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Communication
17 May 2018 Meriam Otarra, IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and Security The IAEA is soliciting ideas from students and early career professionals on how to communicate on nuclear and radiological emergencies. The competition to collect innovative ideas is open for submissions until 15… Read More
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DHS Releases ESF #15 External Affairs Annex N Resource Toolkit for Nuclear & Radiological Emergencies
This annex details radiological incident communications strategy, actions, and coordination in conjunction with a domestic nuclear/radiological accident, an act of nuclear/radiological terrorism or a nation-state sponsored nuclear attack in order to ensure coordination and execution of a unified public outreach effort. Follow… Read More
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Emergency Officials Say Texts, Not Sirens, More Effective for Tornado Alerts
BY: Richard M. Barron, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C. | April 30, 2018 (TNS) – There’s nothing like a dramatic chorus of sirens sounding around a city to announce looming disasters. But Guilford County doesn’t have a siren system that could have warned people before… Read More
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2018 State of the News Media Report and the Effect of Fake News
It’s been an extraordinary year for journalism, to say the least. As the fake news saga rumbles on, UK politicians are growing frustrated with the apparent reluctance of social media firms to take action. When lawmakers quizzed tech companies on the issue, one committee… Read More
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Communicating in Crisis: How Preparedness Leads to Successful Crisis Management (White Paper)
Complacency is the biggest impediment to disaster preparedness, both at the individual level and at the agency level. People just don’t think bad things will happen to them. Still, there are a multitude of crises and disasters that can strike at any time, and most… Read More
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Effective Media Communication During Public Health Emergencies
By Randall N Hyer MD, Ph.D., MPH and Vincent T Covello Ph.D Emergency events, therefore, present a unique challenge to the internal media-relations capabilities of health agencies. Although such events are hard to predict, media communication strategies for them can be planned in advance. Read More
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77 Questions Most Frequently Asked By Journalists In A Crisis
By Vincent T. Covello, PhD and Randall N. Hyer, MD, PhD 1. What is your name and title? 2. How do you spell and pronounce your name? 3. What are your job responsibilities? 4. Can you tell us what happened? Were… Read More
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The Fake News Game: Actively Inoculating Against the Risk of Misinformation
The rapid spread of online misinformation poses an increasing risk to societies worldwide. To help counter this, we developed a “fake news game” in which participants are actively tasked with creating a news article about a strongly politicized issue (the European refugee crisis) using misleading… Read More
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What's In Your Backpack? The PIO Go Kit
It is imperative for the PIO to be equipped with the proper tools and resources to use during an incident. Here is an example of what a PIO Go Kit might include: Click here to download PDF… Read More
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Domestic Embedded Reporter Program: Saving Lives And Securing Tactical Operations
By Michelle Trost Advances in technology have provided journalists the tools to obtain and share real-time information during domestic-terrorist and mass-shooting incidents. This realtime information-sharing compromises the safety of first responders, victims, and reporters. Real-time sharing of tactical operations, including the positioning of law enforcement,… Read More
