'You want to cry, but you don't dare': Reporting on the Queensland and NSW floods disaster
ABCBy Tobias Jurss-Lewis, journalist, ABC News Queensland The first thing you want to do is cry. ABC Brisbane studio evacuated By Jessica van Vonderen, journalist, ABC News Brisbane All of us working at the ABC feel a huge responsibility to keep communities informed during disasters like this and it became a nationwide effort as our own operations came under threat. On radio, some local presenters relocated to the Gold Coast and regional stations jumped in to keep Emergency Broadcasting services on-air, as they did in NSW when the Lismore bureau – while avoiding major flooding — lost power and its local transmitter for a period as the town went under. Travel was difficult – roads were cut and the news chopper couldn't get up for days because of the relentless rain. Covering a disaster affecting family and friends By Cathy Border, journalist, ABC Gold Coast Having covered numerous disasters I felt I was ready to report on the 2022 flood disaster.
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