Powerful Moments Of Haiti Reporting, From Across The TV News Landscape

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by Steve Krakauer | 12:57 pm, January 18th, 2010

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There have been so many powerful, heartbreaking moments in the four days of since the mainstream media converged on Haiti to cover the tragic earthquake that hit last week. We’ve highlighted a few from last week: Anderson Cooper, Campbell Brown, Steve Harrigan (we spoke with Harrigan today – more from him later).

Here are videos from this weekend, one from each news network, that show the various sides of the incredibly sad story – and the fantastic work being done by journalists in the region.

Katie Couric visited a makeshift hospital, where an orphaned boy was screaming in pain. She tried to find out about his story and get him help. She wrote about the experience here, but the pictures really tell the story:

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Amid all the death, there were brief outlets of life. Bill Hemmer found a woman giving birth amid the rubble and destruction, in a tented area set up. The woman and baby were fine:

Dr. Richard Besser also found a woman who was giving birth, and helped secure her a ride in an ambulance to an Israeli field hospital. Again, mother and baby are doing well:

>>>NEXT PAGE: The aftermath: finding survivors, fighting over supplies.

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ice queen

Thanks Steve for giving credit to someone at CNN other than Anderson Cooper. It seems some people think that there are only a few people high profile people reporting from Haiti, but in reality there are a lot of reporters who never get their time in the sun, Jason Carrol l is one them. And let’s not forget the camera crews and others behind the scene who make the reports possible.
The Real Royal King

There was some discussion over at Dollar’s Dump about the impropriety of reporters tearing up at the loss of life and the destruction. I suppose that, if inauthentic, it is a problem, but I fail to see how a human being could not feel such a terrible loss.
The Real Royal King

I do think most of the coverage has been very good.
TfT

All networks, all reporters, from all stripes are doing their best to get stories out. The reporting today from the orphanage by Johnathan Hunt has been excellent – to include having the adoptive parents on the other end and making on-air contact with DOS about cutting the red tape and getting these adoptions finalized. I have several friends who have adopted children from all over the world, and the time from start to finish is often times two years. The adoptive parents whose adoptions are near finalized started the process long before the earthquake and are now more than ever wanting to bring these children home for the love, attention and care they are so eager to provide.
libra blue

Ivan Watson has also done some great reporting from Haiti.
ice queen

@libra blue I couldn’t agree with you more, but does he get any recognition? IMO – No.