Abstract
Multiple factors—economic, technological, climatic, and demographic—have radically changed the way media is produced and consumed and how disasters and climate change are linked and reported. The majority of people now get their news from social media and the internet. These digital communications technologies have dramatically increased the speed and spread of breaking news and introduced a new collaborative two-way form of communications between the disaster managers, the media and public before, during, and after an event. Other changes, including the loss of locally owned news outlets and the decline in local news coverage, the increase in the dissemination of misinformation, and the rise of ethnic media have created opportunities and challenges for disaster communicators. They have brought about additional attention and resources to climate change-causing disasters and forced emergency managers to build a broader network of local partners to help push out and pull in information.
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