Risk Media Hub: A Toolkit for News Media Professionals Reporting on Disasters and Resilience

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The Risk Media Hub is a toolkit for journalists covering disasters and resilience. It describes how climate risks are growing and highlights the media's role in spreading early warnings, shaping public views, and influencing decisions. The toolkit offers resources to help reporters understand disaster risk, its causes, and solutions like early warning systems. It also provides ethical guidance for reporting on disasters. By learning from past events and using available tools, journalists can better inform the public about reducing risks and building stronger communities. Links to more information are provided for further exploration.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Natural Disasters; Severe Weather

Audience: Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Decision Making; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Ethics, Professional; Health Policy; Mass Media; Risk; Journalism, Medical; Risk Reduction Behavior; Journalism; Resilience, Psychological; Vulnerable Populations; Climate Change

Institutions: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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