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Hurricane Katrina remains the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Beyond the meteorological event, it became a seminal moment in media history because it was one of the first major disasters to be documented in real-time by both professional journalists and ordinary citizens with video cameras. 1. The Power of Raw Footage The Enduring Legacy of KATRINA: How Entertainment Content
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