---
title: "Reporting Katrina"
description: "<p>A comprehensive look at how the news media are covering the hurricane and its aftermath.</p>"
date: "2005-09-11"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center: Journalism &amp; Media staff"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2005/09/11/reporting-katrina/"
categories:
  - "Disasters & Accidents"
  - "Journalists"
  - "Journalists"
  - "Local News"
  - "Media Industry"
  - "News Content Analysis"
---

# Reporting Katrina

As the impact of Hurricane Katrina has become one of the biggest stories of the year, Journalism.org has devoted these pages to an examination of how the story is being covered – from a collection of Katrina press criticism to web coverage of note.

Please look through the links below and email us with items you think should be included at [mail@www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism](mailto:mail@www.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/journalism).

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