I visited four countries to learn about disaster resilience, here's what I learnt

The media has a vital role to play in understanding and reporting disaster.

I have just wrapped up a visit to Fiji and Tonga, concluding a six-month study program with the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Japan Foundation to study disaster resilience in the Indo-Pacific.

My first interaction with disaster as a media professional was back in 2004 when I was starting in journalism at the local radio station 2…