MMC 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Darren Turner, Tal Afar, Illegal Immigration
23 Oct 2018
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We tell stories to make sense of the world, our lives, other people"s lives. Stories are much more memorable than facts/news: harvard study, undocumented worker vs alejandro and missing ngers. Most important emotion is empathy: empathy increases when we read stories about others. Invisible child by andrea elliot: 15 months reporting on one homeless child, dasani, 29000 words, opened eyes, inspired people, published at a time when income equality was a big topic. Coverage of the iraq war: baghdad, went from the nobel peace prize in norway, volunteered when the war started to go back, war changed her, (it"s a cliche but true, suicide bombing in 2007. Killed 270 people and destroyed nine city blocks in tal afar. Spoke to one woman who lost 28 family members in the bombing: sfc. First person story telling very successful in digital world. Tuesday, october 16, 2018: liberating to write in rst person.
