Relief effort after Hurricane Stan

Inspired by the need to connect Guatemalan rural journalists often working in dangerous and isolated conditions, and with the help of our partner organization, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, GraciasVida initiated a list-serve for rural journalists in 2005. In October 2005, members of RadioGuate and staff of the Knight Center and GraciasVida used the list to report on efforts by Guatemalan community radio stations to document the destruction of their communities and help their audiences to obtain relief from the devastation of Hurricane Stan. RadioGuate later helped mobilize reporters living in the zone affected by Hurricane Stan to attend a training session on disaster reporting conducted by GraciasVida’s trainer, veteran public radio journalist Maria Martin.