Disaster tip #3- throw it forward
In the scramble to cover a breaking story, it’s tempting to confine your reporting to what has already happened. But where possible, try to introduce forward-looking elements. This will shape the sort of questions you ask. If roads lie buried by rubble after an earthquake, how will that affect the delivery of aid over the next few days? If a government has declined to appeal for international help, does it really have the resources to deal with the crisis on its own? If survivors are living in tent camps, how will they cope when winter comes? Asking such questions gives your stories an analytical edge and flags up issues to be explored in more detail later.
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