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The Stories Behind the Storm
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: September 16, 2005
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How did media depictions affect our understanding of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath? Whose stories were told, and whose biases were represented? The Alliance for a Media Literate America is offering educators a free, downloadable media literacy guide to help young people better understand the disaster and how the media covered it.

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