Table 1 Advisory board and affiliations

Robert J. Alvey

Public Information Officer

Bioterrorism Preparedness Team,

Arkansas Department of Health

C. Kirk Avent, MD

Medical Director of Disease Control

Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama

Steven M. Becker, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama;

Member, Scientific Committee 46-14, NCRP

Eric Braun

Vice President for Convergence and corporate news director

Raycom Media, Inc., Montgomery, Alabama

Jerdan Bullard

Executive Director, Alabama Broadcasters Association, Birmingham, Alabama

Joy Carter

Media Relations, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Vincent T. Covello, PhD

Director, Center for Risk Communication,

New York, New York

Sharon Dunwoody, PhD

Evjue-Bascom Professor and Director

University of Wisconsin, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Madison, Wisconsin

Jamey Durham

Risk Communication Specialist,

Alabama Department of Public Health, Montgomery, Alabama

David R. Franz, DVM, PhD

Chief Biological Scientist,

Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Kansas;

Director, National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University

Sharon Friedman, PhD

Professor of Journalism and Communication;

Director of the Science and Environmental Writing Program; Lehigh University, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

L. Sam Hansen, EMT-P

Battalion Chief, Vestavia Hills Fire Department, Vestavia Hills, Alabama;

Instructor, Texas A&M University National Emergency Rescue esponse Training Center

Captain David K. Hartin

Public Information Officer, Tuscaloosa Police Department and Tuscaloosa County Emergency Management Agency, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Robert J. Howard, MS, MPH

Consultant. Former press officer and Director of Strategic Communication, National Centers for Infectious disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Duluth, Georgia

Corporal Don Kelly

Baton Rouge Police Department, Office of the Chief of Police, Media Relations Division;

Past President, National Information Officers Association

Donald Koss

Instructor, Mississippi Fire Academy, Pearl, Mississippi;

Former Public Information Officer, Hattiesburg (MS) Fire Department

Deborah Potter

Executive Director,

Radio-Television News Directors Foundation

Scott C. Ratzan, MD, MPA

Editor, Journal of Health Communication;

Vice President, Government Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Europe (Belgium)

Thomas E. Terndrup, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine; Director, Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness,

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Laura Tutor

Metro Editor, Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama

Edward Van Horne

Executive Director,

Southern Newspapers Publishers Association,

Atlanta, Georgia

Chris Waddle

Director,

Ayers Family Institute for Community Journalism;

Vice President for News, Consolidated Publishing; Publisher, Anniston Star, Anniston, Alabama

Ann Wright

Public Information Officer,

Arkansas Department of Health;

Regional Representative (Region VI),

National Public Health Information Coalition