Photo courtesy, B.W. Sheperd, The Joplin Globe
A documentary film produced by Orr Street Productions and Missouri Press Association
Runs 59 Minutes DVD & Blu-Ray Widescreen
Joplin, Missouri changed forever on May 22, 2011. An EF-5 tornado ripped apart the Southwest Missouri town of 50,000 residents. 161 people died. Thousands of homes and businesses, including a hospital were destroyed. Ten schools crumbled under the grinding force of the twister that traveled 13 miles on the ground, at times a slow crawl, nearly a mile wide.
High School graduation had just ended when The Joplin Globe turned its reporting coverage to the horror of the day that would define its community as one of strength and resolve in the weeks to follow. Despite one-third of the newspaper staff losing their homes and the death of their page designer, The Joplin Globe rolled the presses on the night of the storm one hour late. Reporters made it the newsroom not knowing if their friends, family and colleagues survived. Nearly all of the carriers showed up to deliver the newspaper in the early morning hours.
In the tornado aftermath, The Globe offers its readers a chance to mourn their community and learn how it will rebuild. Reporters examine their role as community watchdog and residents see their newspaper as a vital source for local news and moving forward. Much like the hard-rock miners who settled Joplin in its early years, the long hours, difficult working conditions, and uncovering of stories from the disaster continues for The Joplin Globe.
Directed by EMMY Award-winning journalists and documentary filmmakers Beth Pike and Stephen Hudnell, along with retired Associated Press correspondent, Scott Charton. Executive Producer is Doug Crews. Deadline in Disaster is produced by Missouri Press Association, in collaboration with Orr Street Productions. Original music composed by Sandra M. Levy Smith, SmithLee Productions.
Runs 59 Minutes DVD & Blu-Ray Widescreen
Joplin, Missouri changed forever on May 22, 2011. An EF-5 tornado ripped apart the Southwest Missouri town of 50,000 residents. 161 people died. Thousands of homes and businesses, including a hospital were destroyed. Ten schools crumbled under the grinding force of the twister that traveled 13 miles on the ground, at times a slow crawl, nearly a mile wide.
High School graduation had just ended when The Joplin Globe turned its reporting coverage to the horror of the day that would define its community as one of strength and resolve in the weeks to follow. Despite one-third of the newspaper staff losing their homes and the death of their page designer, The Joplin Globe rolled the presses on the night of the storm one hour late. Reporters made it the newsroom not knowing if their friends, family and colleagues survived. Nearly all of the carriers showed up to deliver the newspaper in the early morning hours.
In the tornado aftermath, The Globe offers its readers a chance to mourn their community and learn how it will rebuild. Reporters examine their role as community watchdog and residents see their newspaper as a vital source for local news and moving forward. Much like the hard-rock miners who settled Joplin in its early years, the long hours, difficult working conditions, and uncovering of stories from the disaster continues for The Joplin Globe.
Directed by EMMY Award-winning journalists and documentary filmmakers Beth Pike and Stephen Hudnell, along with retired Associated Press correspondent, Scott Charton. Executive Producer is Doug Crews. Deadline in Disaster is produced by Missouri Press Association, in collaboration with Orr Street Productions. Original music composed by Sandra M. Levy Smith, SmithLee Productions.
The Joplin Globe News Staff, Photo Courtesy Kellen Jenkins
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Joplin Globe reporters tell their story during the first week of the storm's aftermath. This 7-minute video clip went "viral" on YouTube and we knew there was more to their story, which is documented in our 59-minute film, Deadline in Disaster.