Wow. I've been avoiding the news on Katrina; partly because it's too much to take in, partly because I'm a bit jaded about the "if it bleeds it leads" crowd.
This story, I couldn't tear my eyes from. There was so much personal humanity expressed by the journalist writing the article. It truly brought home to me the massive enormity of the loss that is Hurricane Katrina. The loss of lives is devastating, but the loss of basic human dignity is a tragedy of it's own. I'm not sure who my heart goes out to the most: those mourning the loss of their loved ones, or those who have to live with the memories of surviving Katrina, of surviving the filth, the hunger, and the fear. The fact is these journalists voluntarily embraced those experiences, a heroic act in and of itself. But, by listening, simply listening, to the stories of the survivors, by saying "your suffering matters, please let me tell others about it..." and being the survivors' voice in a dark and dangerous hour, they did more than their just their jobs; they returned to the survivors a small measure of their human dignity. A Pulitzer Prize can't begin to touch that. No award can.
Cady
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