Nalaka Gunawardene - AMS 2013 - Pandemics & Broadcasting workshop opening
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Opening remarks to Asian broadcasters workshop on Pandemics & Broadcasting during Asia Media Summit 2013 held in Manado, Indonesia, where I was facilitator and a speaker.
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Nalaka Gunawardene - AMS 2013 - Pandemics & Broadcasting workshop opening
- 1. BE PREPARED! MANAGING YOUR ORGANISATION THROUGH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC Workshop at Asia Media Summit 2013 28 May 2013: Manado, Indonesia Opening remarks by Nalaka Gunawardene, Facilitator
- 2. This workshop… Seeking to: raise awareness of pandemic issues and… provide knowledge & tools to enable their stations to keep broadcasting and serve public in the case of a fast-breaking pandemic or other transnational crisis.
- 3. Our coverage: via 4 themes What does a pandemic look like? Business continuity and disaster preparedness Broadcasting during a pandemic The aftermath: trauma & recovery
- 4. Our coverage: 2 types Broadcast content Information sourcing & verification Editorial decisions Ethical dilemmas Collaboration w/ health authorities Broadcast operations: Staying on air, no matter what Keeping staff healthy & motivated Sustaining logistics in crisis times
- 5. Communication expertise: Integral to outbreak control “WHO believes it is now time to acknowledge that communication expertise has become an essential outbreak control as epidemiological training & laboratory analysis…” - WHO Outbreak Communication Guidelines, 2005 [WHO/CDS/2005.28] Online: http://tiny.cc/OCG2005
- 6. Have we learnt lessons of SARS 2003?
- 7. Don’t Panic!
- 9. Are open societies more resilient? China’s handling of SARS crisis: Boston Globe cartoon 2003
- 10. ICT/media context 2013… Photo by Louie Psihoyos, www.psihoyos.com
- 12. The world in tweets… Mapping the Global Twitter Heartbeat First Monday journal, May 2013 http://tiny.cc/TwtMap
- 13. Crying Wolf in the Global Village? Social media have made it much easier today than in 2003! Can same means be used to reassure a panicky world?
- 14. Disaster warnings in a cacophonous world “The proliferation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) adds a new dimension to disaster warnings. Having many information sources, dissemination channels and access devices is certainly better than few or none. However, the resulting cacophony makes it difficult to achieve a coherent and coordinated response…” - Crying wolf over disasters undermines future warnings by Rohan Samarajiva & Nalaka Gunawardene, SciDev.Net, 6 February 2013 http://bit.ly/116i6hJ
- 15. Challenges: Old & New… How to nurture TRUST (in govts, experts) How best to manage EARLY WARNINGS? When & how to admit UNCERTAINTY? DENIAL vs. PANIC Levels of MEDIA FREEDOM in a country Communication strategies vs Reality Engaging SOCIAL MEDIA (Smart mobs?)
- 16. Rules of engagement for today… Main focus: Pandemics/broadcasting Backdrop: crisis/risk communication Everything on the record No topic taboo Stay focused yet flexible Free, open exchange: share, debate ENGAGE!