WASHINGTON: The FBI is evaluating how it can better talk to the press about hostage situations.

The review comes after a standoff in Alabama earlier this month in which a man in Midland City kidnapped a 5-year-old boy and held him in an underground bunker for seven days.

The federal agency has sent out a survey to more than two dozen journalists. It will use the results to alter its communications policies if necessary based on the feedback, said Jason ...