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Mid-America Press Institutepresents
Coveringnatural disasters
Friday, April 17 
6 p.m. Seminar registration (RadissonQuad City Plaza Hotel)8 p.m.
Keynote address
Mizell Stewart III, Evansville (Ind.)Courier & PressStories everywhere but no power, nofuel and no phones: The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the MississippiGulf Coast
Saturday, April 18
8 a.m. Coffee & rolls with newspaperscourtesy of the Quad City Times8:30 a.m.
 Welcome & introduction
Steve Buttry, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids,Iowa); Mark Ridolfi, Quad City Times(Davenport, Iowa); Mizell Stewart III
SEGMENT 1:
Before disaster strikes9 a.m.
Front-line flood fighters
Co. Robert Sinkler, commander of theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District; Dee Bruemmer, formerpublic works director, Davenport, Iowa,and U.S. Corps of Engineers; Mark RidolfiExperienced flood responders explainthe public records, tools and techniques you can use to improve flood stories.10 a.m. Break 10:15 a.m.
Newsroom and personaldisaster planning
 Mizell Stewart III, Christine Martin,Southwest Indiana Disaster ResistantCommunity Corp.From power outages to disruption of infrastructure, advance planning isnecessary before disaster disrupts yournewsroom's normal ways of communicatingand doing business.
SEGMENT 2:
When disaster strikesnoon
The first crucial hours
Nancy Newhoff, Waterloo (Iowa) CourierWhat your newsroom does in the firstcrucial hours following a disaster can makeall the difference to your community--andpeople all over the country.12:15 p.m. Table talk and lunch1:15-2:45 p.m.
 Your Web site as a lifeline
 Steve Buttry Why: In the first hours and days after adisaster, your Web site may be the only way that people outside of the disaster zone willhave any idea what happened. What you needto be prepared for and what people expect youto deliver.2:45 p.m. Break 
SEGMENT 3:
Dealing with the aftermath3-4:30 p.m.
Using databases & interactive storytelling to help yourcommunity recover
James Wilkerson, Des Moines Register; Zack Kucharski, The Gazette and GazetteOnlineHow your newsroom can use databases,online forums and other tools to help thecommunity recover after disaster strikes.4:30-6:15 p.m.
Standing up for yourcommunity 
Mary Sharp, flood team editor, TheGazette, and other speakers to beannouncedDisasters bring out the best incommunities and the worst in someindividuals. What you need to know to bean effective watchdog for your readers inthe wake of the storm.
Sunday, April 19
8 a.m. Coffee & rolls with newspaperscourtesy of the Quad City Times8:30 a.m.
Stories from the front
David Purdy, former (Biloxi, Miss.) SunHerald photographer; Cecelia Hanley,The GazettePanelists who have experienced andcovered disasters in their communitiesdiscuss the challenges and rewards.10 a.m.
 You need to recover, too
Bruce Shapiro, Dart Center forJournalism & TraumaWhy: Journalists are so busy trying tohelp their communities recoverfollowing disasters that they often forgetto take care of themselves. Here ispractical advice for journalists andeditors on dealing with traumaticevents.11 a.m.
The conclusion of the matter
Steve Buttry, Mark Ridolfi, MizellStewart IIITaking the lessons home, feedback andgoodbye.
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