Ethnic news organizations provide new angles on U.S. disaster

[Judi Lynn]

Katrina through a different lens
Ethnic news organizations provide new angles on U.S. disaster

Tuesday, September 13, 2005; Posted: 2:49 a.m. EDT (06:49 GMT)

With passion and pride, ethnic news organizations in the United States are sending reporters, photographers and TV crews to the disaster area and covering the Hurricane Katrina story from angles not seen in many of the nation's major metropolitan newspapers.

At times, the ethnic media have been more opinionated and outspoken, and in many cases have taken a more activist approach than mainstream news organizations and tried to help members of their ethnic groups who have suffered from the storm.

For example, they have been reuniting families and finding housing for refugees, said Daffodil Altan, associate editor of New California Media, a nationwide association of more than 700 ethnic media groups.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/13/katrina.ethnic.media.ap/index.html

[ninkasi]

1. Thanks for posting, very interesting article.

I think it's good that different ethnic groups are reporting, and giving a different point of view. It might be good for us to check those sources, as well, to see what different group's points of view are.

With America being a combination of so many colors, cultures, ethnic groups, and religions, I enjoy trying to look at American life through other's eyes. Anything that gives us an understanding of what our neighbors are thinking and feeling makes it easier for all of us to get along, and empathize with them.

We have no hope of solving the racial tensions that threaten us all unless we can understand what the other person feels, and how they perceive us.