| Description: | This audio feature consists of an interview between New America Media and representatives from ethnic media news organizations regarding their efforts to reach ethnically diverse populations in the hours and days following a disaster. Vu Than Thuy, CEO and host of Radio Saigon Houston, discusses the station’s efforts to remain on the air and reach the local Vietnamese population during Hurricane Ike. Hiram Soto, multimedia reporter for the San Diego based Spanish language publication Enlace, talks about efforts to disseminate up to the minute information to Hispanic communities during Southern California wildfires. Mr. Soto emphasizes how the needs of migrant farmworkers were overlooked in the evacuation process.
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