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Fig. 4

From: Newspaper reporting of the April 2007 eruption of Piton de la Fournaise, part 2: framing the hazard

Fig. 4

Front page of JIR on 3 March 2007 (No 18317) illustrating the perfect format for headline writing and front page layout if recall using the short-term memory is to be maximized. The newspaper was devoted to follow-up of the passage of cyclone Gamède which passed within 250 km of the island of La Réunion on 24 February 2007, and then again on 27–28 February 2007; the front page header reading “The cyclones which have marked the history of La Réunion”. The front page spread and imagery is devoted to the “mysterious skeletons” which were unearthed due to coastal erosion during the passage of Gamède

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