1. Tips for Covering Biological Disasters Bill Allen Assistant Professor/Coordinator Agricultural Journalism Program University of Missouri-Columbia allenwi@missouri.edu

2. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster

3. Get into the field.

4. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster Get into the field. Know where you ’ re going.

5. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster Get into the field. Know where you ’ re going. Be careful out there.

6. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster Get into the field. Know where you ’ re going. Be careful out there. Stay upwind.

7. Five tips for covering a breaking disaster Get into the field. Know where you ’ re going. Be careful out there. Stay upwind. PREPARE IN ADVANCE.

8. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters

9. Write original stories.

10. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Write original stories. Cultivate and maintain good sources.

11. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Write original stories. Cultivate and maintain good sources. Prepare in advance.

12. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Write original stories. Cultivate and maintain good sources. Prepare in advance. Translate scientific jargon.

13. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Write original stories. Cultivate and maintain good sources. Prepare in advance. Translate scientific jargon. Make stories alive and relevant.

14. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Take precautions with statistics.

15. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Take precautions with statistics. Report science carefully.

16. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Take precautions with statistics. Report science carefully. Look for hidden interests.

17. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Take precautions with statistics. Report science carefully. Look for hidden interests. Seek balance.

18. Ten tips for covering trends and policy in biological, chemical or nuclear disasters Take precautions with statistics. Report science carefully. Look for hidden interests. Seek balance. Don ’ t forget follow up stories.

19. Some links of interest: From the American Veterinary Medical Association: http://www.avma.org/disaster/resources.asp http://www.ces.purdue.edu/eden/educators/index.html http://ianrhome.unl.edu/inthenews/agroterrorism.shtml http://www.avma.org/pubhlth/default.asp http://www.bt.cdc.gov/Agent/Agentlist.asp http://www.tdh.texas.gov/bioterrorism/default.htm http://www.bt.cdc.gov/ http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/cd/fsmd.html http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/bluebook.html http://www.cbiac.apgea.army.mil/

20. Some links of interest: Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies: http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/agromain.htm