Executive Producer
Doug Crews
Directed and Edited by
Stephen Hudnell
Beth Pike
Orr Street Productions
Producers
Beth Pike
Scott Charton
Director of Photography
Stephen Hudnell
Graphics
Jeff Rogers
DVD Cover Art
Rachael Heffner
DVD Cover Photo
B.W. Sheperd
Original Music
Sandra M. Levy Smith
SmithLee Productions, Inc.
Audio Post and Music Mix
Justin L. Fisher
SmithLee Productions, Inc.
After Effects Advisor
Chip Gubera
Production Assistant
Hannah Robbins
Additional Video & Photo courtesy:
AP Images
CBS News
Jeff Piotrowski, Twisterchasers.com
James Redmond, Dynamic Videos, Inc.
Joplin, Mo. Police Department
Joplin Museum Complex
The Joplin Globe
Legal Services Courtesy:
Jean Maneke, The Maneke Law Group, L.C., Kansas City, Mo.
Funding generously provided by:
Dave Berry, Publisher, Bolivar (Mo.) Herald-Free Press
David Bradley, Jr., Publisher, St. Joseph (Mo.) News-Press
Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Montgomery, Ala.
Community Newspaper Management Chair, University of Missouri
Douglas D. Davis, Publisher, Lamar (Mo.) Democrat
James A. Gierke (In Memoriam)
David S. Haffner, Leggett & Platt, Inc., Carthage, Mo.
Media of the Future Initiative, Mizzou Advantage, University of Missouri
Richard Miller, Mpix.com, Columbia, Mo.
Missouri Press Association
Missouri Press Foundation
Missouri Press Service, Inc.
Edward L. Steele
University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo.
William T. Kemper Foundation – Commerce Bank, Trustee
Russell Viers, Merriam, Ks.
Special Thanks…
Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.
Donna Barrett
Michael Beatty
Kia Breaux
Randy Picht
Charles and Julie Davis
R. Dean Mills
James C. Sterling
The Joplin Globe Staff
Ryan Atkinson
T. Rob Brown
William Caldwell
Jack Kaminsky
Wally Kennedy
Jeff Lehr
Josh Letner
Roger McKinney
Roger Nomer
Rudy Nowak
Andy Ostmeyer
Susan Redden
Travis Robinson
B.W. Shepherd
Mike Stair
Carol Stark
Andra Stefanoni
Debby Woodin
Emily Younker
Officers, Directors and Staff of
Missouri Press Association,
Missouri Press Service,
Missouri Press Foundation
Deadline in Disaster
A Film Documentary by
Orr Street Productions
www.orrstreetproductions.com
Copyright 2012
Missouri Press Association
www.mopress.com
This film is dedicated to newspaper staff members who serve their communities during disasters and in daily life.
In Memory of the 161 persons who died as a result of the Joplin tornado, including Bruce Baillie of The Joplin Globe.