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TV Weather - Tips on How to Introduce the Year-Round AQI to Your Viewers
- Include AQI information in your forecast every day. You can refer
to air quality or you can mention the pollutants - ozone and particles -
to draw a distinction between the two.
- Use key messages along with a supporting health message (what
actions people should take) in your on-air script.
SAMPLE SCRIPT (Ozone forecast is code orange):
- "Tomorrow's forecast is code orange - that means air
quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups. The primary pollutant of concern
is ozone.
If you are in a sensitive group, including people with lung disease (such
as asthma), active adults and children, cut back your strenuous outside
activities or reschedule them when air quality is better. You might want
to go for a walk instead of a jog."
SAMPLE SCRIPT (Particle pollution forecast is code orange):
- "The air quality forecast for tomorrow is unhealthy (or code orange)
for particle pollution, which means air quality is unhealthy for people
with heart or lung disease (such as asthma), older adults, and children.
If you are in a sensitive group, including people with heart or lung
disease (such as asthma), older adults, and children, cut back your strenuous
activities or reschedule them when air quality is better. Coaches, it's
a good idea to rotate your players, especially if any have asthma."
- Offer a link to the EPA Web site on your station's Web site
and mention it in your on-air script for people who would like more information
on air quality issues.
FOR EXAMPLE:
- For more real-time information on air quality, go to our Web site at
[Insert site]. [Other Web sites are to the state/local agency or EPA's
Web site at http://epa.gov/airnow.]
- Use graphics to help relay your on-air message. Graphics that
you can adapt or use "as-is" can be downloaded from EPA's Web site at http://epa.gov/airnow.
- Include facts about the year-round AQI forecasts in daily Q & A on
your Web site. A fact sheet can be downloaded from EPA's Web site at
http://epa.gov/airnow/aqifacts.
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This page was last updated on
Tuesday, November 27, 2007.
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