San Diego Wildfires

A recent post on The News Delirium discusses the effects of the wildfires throughout San Diego and the many economic repercussions that we face. However, what this post focused on was the news media and how it functioned more as a public service than a business for once. The author of this article makes the argument that "News is a public service, and for all the talk that television news is obsolete, this event proved once again that it is far from that status. From the first spark on Sunday to the relief drives on Friday, those involved with local news stations from the high-level managers to the unpaid interns all had a part in getting the message out, once again proving the necessity of a well organized, intelligent news media." Whatever the case may be, it will be interesting to see how news organizations respond in the future to crises of this kind.