A new edition of the award-winning MetroFocus premieres in the New York metro area Wednesday, October 30 at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21 and Thursday, October 31 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN and at 10:30 p.m. on NJTV.
The next edition of MetroFocus features continued reporting on the recovery after Superstorm Sandy. Reporter Rick Karr looks back at the night of the storm at Coney Island Hospital and updates the progress New York hospitals are making in preparing for future storms. Karr talks to Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Dr. Sheri Fink whose new book "Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital" analyzes the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. Fink says, "I think there are still some big questions about where people would go fromone facility to another if a large amount have to evacuate at the same time and that's the problem that we had with the last two storms." NJ Today reporter Lauren Wanko takes us to Bradley Beach where volunteers have come up with a novel solution to protect them from storms: a first of its kind maritime forest. The trees planted behind the town's sand dunes may be a powerful second line of defense.Website: thirteen.org/MetroFocus
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MetroFocus Series Overview
MetroFocus is an award-winning multi-platform news magazine focusing on the New York region. The MetroFocus television program features interviews, in-depth reporting, content from many partners and solutions-oriented reports from the community. Major areas of coverage include sustainability, education, science and technology, the environment, transportation, poverty and underserved communities. MetroFocus.orgamplifies that reporting with daily updates and original stories that also cover culture, government and politics, the economy, urban development and other news in the metropolitan region. More information at:thirteen.org/metrofocus/about-us-faq/
MetroFocus is a production of WLIW21 in association with WNET, parent company of THIRTEEN and WLIW21. For 50 years, THIRTEEN has been making the most of the rich resources and passionate people of New York and the world, reaching millions of people with on-air and online programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites students of all ages to have fun while learning.
MetroFocus is made possible by James and Merryl Tisch, the Ford Foundation, Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family, Charlotte and David Ackert, Jody and John Arnhold, Betty and John Levin and the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation. Corporate funding is provided by Mutual of America.
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