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For WWL-TV, It Was All About the Plan; New Orleans Station's Disaster Blueprint, Years in the Making, Ensured Flow of News.

Publication: TelevisionWeek
Publication Date: 29-MAY-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: For WWL-TV, It Was All About the Plan; New Orleans Station's Disaster Blueprint, Years in the Making, Ensured Flow of News.(Newspro)

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Byline: Allison J. Waldman Special to TelevisionWeek

"This award is very humbling. It really is,'' said Chris Slaughter, assistant news director for CBS's New Orleans affiliate, WWL-TV, speaking of his station's receiving a 2005 George Foster Peabody Award. "We didn't expect it. Nowhere along the line did we think, `Wow, we've done a good job covering the storm. We could win all kinds of awards.'''

WWL earned the Peabody in recognition of its detailed master plan, an operation that was so comprehensive and effective that the station was able to remain on the air all through Katrina and its aftermath. It was the only New Orleans station that was able to continue broadcasting, and its service to the community was invaluable.

"WWL has always been a real community-oriented station,'' Mr. Slaughter said. "From the top down, a lot of the people who work here are longtime New Orleanians. One of the things that we did well from a station point of view was that we did the right things. We made sure...

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