PCI-Media Impact's Peru Earthquake Coverage
highlighted up by Up Front Radio
on KALW in San Francisco, California

August 24, 2007 - PCI-Media Impact Executive Director Michael Castlen was interviewed by the radio program Up Front Radio: Dispatches from the New Majority on KALW, 91.7 FM in San Francisco, California. The interview discussed the scope of our PAX journalism training program and our continuing Peru earthquake coverage on this website. The program can be downloaded by clicking here.

Up Front Radio is an award winning, hour long, news and culture audio magazine for and from California's ethnic communities.   Drop in segments are available in five and nine minute modules for broadcast on public radio across the country. Up Front Radio: Dispatches from the New Majority airs Fridays at 12:00 p.m. and repeats Sundays at 2:30 p.m. on KALW, 91.7 FM.

Major Earthquake Hits Peru
PCI-Media Impact's Journalist Network Mobilizes in effort to provide assistance and aid

August 20, 2007 - On Wednesday night, August 15, 2007, the Peruvian town of Chincha was struck by 8.0-magnitude earthquake as local residents slept. When the country awoke on Thursday morning, they discovered mass devastation. The most serious damage was suffered in towns and cities along the country's Pacific coast south of Lima, including Chincha, Ica, Canete and Pisco, where more than 500 deaths and thousands of injuries have been reported.

PCI-Media Impact ’s PAX training program brought together 24 radio journalists and broadcasters for a seminar in April 2007 as the lead up to a 5 week internship program in the United States. In the aftermath of the earthquake, our program staff reached out to the participants to see if they were safe.

Thankfully, we can report that everyone working on PCI-Media Impact programs in Peru, including the staff of Calandria, Manos Libres and the 24 PAX participants have reported back that they are safe. Many have still not heard from family in earthquake struck region of Ica and Pisco and all report concerns as tremors continue to rock Lima and the surrounding area.

Many in our network in Peru have shared their radio reports, photos and personal stories. See more of PCI-Media Impact's coverage of the earthquake by clicking here.

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