Revisiting the first draft of history: The Christchurch earthquake

Listen to Australian and international news, and follow trending topics with File: “In 30 years as a reporter, I've worked in a lot of places you could describe as being on the brink. I've worked in Jerusalem. I've worked in New York. I've worked in Belfast during the Troubles.” In February 22, 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the New Zealand city of Christchurch. 185 people were killed, including an Australian. The buildings had been weakened by another earthquake the previous year. Which means that the damage to infrastructure was significant. While some of them caught fire, others collapsed and collapsed. Please?” It disrupted the lives of tens of thousands and reduced 80 percent of the city center to rubble. Alan Lee was sent there in the immediate aftermath. “We arrived and there was no electricity. We were among the first media to arrive from outside Christchurch. There's something very annoying about driving on a road where you've driven dozens of times and all the buildings have fallen down. We had a breakfast show every day with live reports. Then we go out into the suburbs, meet people, meet emergency workers. Our day started at around 0430 AM, we would get back to the hotel around 7 or 8 PM, then we would work on editing until 1 or 2 AM, and get a few hours of sleep. “Then start over.” Journalists are often on the front lines of a major global event. Whether it's war, a natural disaster or a pivotal election, journalists play a key role in bringing important information to audiences. During a natural disaster, they can fulfill multiple duties ranging from providing warnings and assessing disaster mitigation and preparedness, to assisting in long-term recovery. Reporter 1: “I don't think we can get past the fact that we may be witnessing New Zealand's darkest day.” Reporter 2: “I've completely covered the part downstairs, and we hope there's no one here.” “All we can hear is the horn, and across the road in this building, there are people trapped and trying to get out.” There is often minimal Resources, the difficulties of planning, and making difficult decisions. But how does seeing and experiencing nature at its worst affect a person? For Alan Lee, his journalism career began when the studio where he worked as an engineer wanted someone younger to pitch. Try it, because I was cheap. And they absolutely loved it. And so I did more. Then I got a job in radio. So I was a radio broadcaster for several years. And I got involved, because they decided to put me on a news show. So I had to learn how to be a journalist after I was a disc jockey from scratch on the air. So it was a little scary. Then I moved to the BBC, and then I moved to BBC Television. I learned on the job really, because in those days, they didn't have journalism degrees at university, because that was so long ago. But even after 30 years, he says no amount of working in the industry could prepare him for event coverage. Something like this. “I think you think you can. We envisioned it as our job to get the story out and tell people what happened because clearly Christchurch needed billions of dollars in help. And so I think part of our role was to show the rest of New Zealand why this was needed. But while It's about, can you prepare for something like this? I don't think you can prepare to see a place you know and love being destroyed and guarded by soldiers in armored vehicles. So, when something unexpected happens, what do news organizations often report on an incident? At the same time as first responders but with much less training for the situation and therefore with no time to prepare physically or mentally for the impending difficult working and living environment – what was the first step? Alan was a reporter for Shine TV at the time. “It was lunchtime. Suddenly someone stood up and called for calm. He said, 'I spoke to my wife on the phone, she's in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, and there was an earthquake, and the cathedral collapsed. There were chairs being scraped up.' So I called my work and they said, 'Okay, come up.' On the ferry – since I was already in Wellington – take the ferry to Christchurch and start returning the files It was crazy so we drove down and you couldn't help but notice we were the only car heading south All the other cars were heading north away from Christchurch – surveying the damage, checking on loved ones but for the journalist, there was often no time to process the situation. “We didn't really have time to think about it. I think there have been moments where things have hit us in terms of what we do. One of the things that happened was CTV and Canterbury TV, their building collapsed. Now the show we did was on CTV and I had a good friend who worked in the building. We never found it. His body was never found. And I think that was the moment I realized this was more than just a news story. Because now I've lost someone I knew and was fond of. “We were never able to find his body.” Sometimes the most influential parts of a news report are led not by experts, politicians or academics… but by individuals. The hairdresser or mechanic who has seen it all, felt it all. Alan says it was those vulnerable human interactions that were most important. We went to their house and the house was tilted. And there are these terrible things called liquefaction that appear. She told us how they were both at work and there was a big aftershock. And they both said, no, there's more and more of that stench coming into our house. When they got home, the neighbors had all gathered and explained the matter to them. I burst into tears. I burst into tears. And that was the end of that interview. I'm crying now because that's the thing that we really noticed is that people worked hard as a community, they worked together. But what happens after it's all over? How can a journalist deal with the matter after being given exclusive access to such matters in confronting situations? Alan says he and his colleague found it difficult to get back straight to daily reporting. “It felt wrong going back to Auckland, where all the buildings were at 90 degree angles. Things didn't fall down unexpectedly. And I think Scott and I felt an element of guilt that people we knew well, some of the rescue workers, were still there working those horrific hours.” If a truck drove by, and you know that rumble that you get when a truck drives by the building, that's the feeling you get when the aftershock starts and the rest of the organization would laugh at me and Scott, because automatically we were holding on to the desk, just in case He also notes that even years later, it would surprise him how he can still be reminded of his time in Christchurch Los Angeles was invaded and destroyed by aliens but the architecture of California is very similar to the architecture of Christchurch, it has more to it Of the weatherboard houses. And I had to leave. In fact, it bothered me so much. My son was old enough to leave there, so I said to him, 'I'll meet you outside.' I was surprised Nervous person, but it was very upsetting to see something that looked like Christchurch, and to see it being destroyed, even if it was by green aliens. Event. As for Alan, he says he hopes covering something so incomprehensible has made him a better journalist.

“I hope I can be more compassionate. I think when you see people on the edge, experiencing very raw emotions, you have to ask tough questions sometimes. But I think, and I hope I've learned to ask these questions in a way that's not offensive but gets the answers we need.” “And I think what we did and what other media did there, in telling the stories of people who were on the edge, was important, and it was valuable. It's part of history, and I'm glad I was there.”

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