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Episode: Can Watching Disasters Affect Your Mind?


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Can Watching Disasters Affect Your Mind?
The media coverage of Hurricane Katrina has been constant, and many say unrelenting. Experts say the combination of continuous bad news, along with disturbing images, can affect the mental health of those watching or listening to the coverage.

Aired WABE, Atlanta. September, 2005.

Winner: Best Staff Coverage (with Kate Sweeny, Leah Fleming, David Barasoain, and Bruce Kennedy): "Atlanta Manages Katrina Evacuees" - 2005 Georgia Associated Press Broadcaster Awards

Channel: MPR - My Public Radio
Duration: 4:06
Size: 3.76 MB
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