Posts Tagged ‘Research’
Last night I sent a draft of my research project to my committee. I had revised it a few times since I sent the first rough draft to my chair April 3. Final page count: 214. On Saturday I fly back to Columbia. On Monday I’ll give an open presentation about my project. On Tuesday [...]
Today was week three of Children’s PressLine. Last week, my aunt made me take my cousin because she needs a spring activity and she didn’t play softball this year. About 8-10 kids come pretty regularly, ranging in age from 8 to 13 — Eugenie is the oldest at 16. The kids read newspapers, looking for [...]
I have interviewed 10 journalists at the paper: editors, front-line reporters, reporters who joined staff post-Katrina. Each interview lasted an average of one hour and 15 minutes, time that flew by too quickly. These people tell stories for a living. Telling their own stories is something they rarely have an opportunity to do. Each has [...]
“Perfect objectivity is an unattainable standard for journalists even in the best of times. Because nobody’s a robot, no journalist can be expected to write in a way that doesn’t reveal at least a little something about who that journalist is… Objectivity became that much harder for local journalists after Hurricane Katrina. We who write [...]
The word research strikes either fear, mystery or disinterest into non academics who hear it. Aware of this, I avoid using it or slur through an explanation of what the word means for my project. Watered down for mass consumption, my research project can be described: I’m interviewing reporters and editors at the paper about [...]
I went to the Times-Picayune building today to meet with Lynn Cunningham, the assistant to the editor, about my project. The large newsroom was cluttered and lively, people moving about and talking loudly in the aisles. My meeting with Lynn offered a starkly silent contrast. I pitched my project and how she could help me [...]
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