West Street Recovery Media List: (Updated July 2024 )
We hope to impact the families we work with directly, but know that changing the narrative is key to have an even broader impact. News coverage, and producing our own content that is spread by publications with a wider audience is critical to that effort.
2024
Features
Water Privatization victory
Solar For All
Sewer Overflow Campaign
City Drainage Campaign
Hurricane Season 2024 - May Derecho and Hurricane Beryl
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2023
Features and Op-Eds
Disaster Preparedness and Solar Power:
Misc.
City Drainage Campaign
City Budget Victory
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2022
2021
By WSR staff and members:
Features and Long-form Interviews:
External Coverage:
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2020:
By WSR staff and members:
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Opinion-We-have-to-be-a-swarm-of-mosquitos-15523128.php?fbclid=IwAR1S480smuQJxdzq3RXKDxhdM0a1Ql9BALyofDvemHXoW6AslnHmor9pjQU#photo-19882449
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Quarantined-in-a-property-that-flooded-15171049.php
- Kinder Institute | Ben Hirsch and Doris Brown
External Coverage:
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jge34g/the-american-disaster-relief-system-is-broken
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Two-years-after-Harvey-has-Houston-lost-its-14373573.php
- https://publicintegrity.org/environment/hidden-epidemics/disasters-mental-health-crisis-wildfire-hurricane-flood-climate-covid/
- https://news.yahoo.com/3-years-harvey-houston-still-043607453.html
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Three-years-after-Harvey-Houston-s-home-repair-15523516.php
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WSR Zines
- http://www.weststreetrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/West-Street-Recovery-Zine.pdf
- http://www.weststreetrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/WSR-Zine-Issue-2.pdf
- https://www.weststreetrecovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/WSR-3rdZine.pdf
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Previous Coverage (2017- 2019)
By staff and members:
- https://www.tribtalk.org/2018/09/27/one-year-after-harvey-houstons-poorest-families-still-struggling-to-recover/
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/We-re-still-fixing-flood-s-mess-let-s-do-it-in-12621319.php
- https://www.tribtalk.org/2017/09/28/reflections-from-houston-ads-gift-cards-and-glimmers-of-hope/
External Coverage
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Two-years-after-Harvey-has-Houston-lost-its-14373573.php
- https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/More-than-a-year-later-FEMA-s-Harvey-home-13496458.php
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/us/hurricane-harvey-houston.html
- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/thousands-of-texans-are-still-in-temporary-housing-awaiting-hurricane-harvey-aid
- https://issuu.com/digitalpublish/docs/32204_cultureclash/16
- https://imagineif.naaee.org/