“Reporters miss the facts in New Orleans” is up today at Spero News. It is a look at the way one story changed in the myraid of information about the second largest disaster the US has faced.

With all the confusion and chaos and difficulites in communication in the aftermath of a hurricane, what are the facts?

It is the unfolding of the reporting of the bridge shooting in New Orleans.
Spero News looks at how within about a 24 hour window, the shooting was picked up by media outlets around the world.
You can read the timeline from initial wire reports, different media rewrites and ask the needed questions yourself.

What happened on that bridge in New Orleans?
Who got shot and why?
I think it matters.

As for bloggers?
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