La cobertura periodística de los incendios de Galicia y Portugal de octubre de 2017: un análisis de la información de emergencia de diarios portugueses, españoles y gallegos

The wildfires that affected Galicia and Portugal in October the 15th and 16th of 2017 were a challenge for the media coverage, which should offer a useful information for the citizens in an emergency situation as part of its mission of public service. This paper analyzes the informative coverage of six Portuguese, Galician and Spanish newspapers during the days of the crisis in order to highlight the observance of the suggestions that the Colexio Profesional de Xornalistas de Galicia [Association of Professional Journalists of Galicia] published in its Gu a pr ctica para o tratamento informativo de emerxencias, cat strofes e persoas desaparecidas [Practical guide for the informative coverage of emergencies, catastrophes and missing people] and its Dec logo de recomendaci ns para medios e xornalistas de sucesos de cat strofe [Rules and suggestions for media and journalists for news of catastrophes]. The news published by P blico, Jornal de Not cias, Faro de Vigo, La Voz de Galicia, El Pa s and El Mundo fulfill most of the suggestions