Case Study: Signal FM and Emergency Media

Author(s)
Pale, A.K.Y.
Publication language
English
Pages
2pp
Date published
20 Dec 2011
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Comms, media & information, Disasters, Earthquakes, Evaluation-related, Innovation
Countries
Haiti
Organisations
Infoasaid

Signal FM is one of the most important news radio stations in Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince, and prior to the earthquake had built a reputation of breaking many political stories. It was also one of the few unscathed by the earthquake (all the staff also survived) and which carried on broadcasting throughout the first hours of the disaster. This paper describes the facilitating role of this radio station.

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