Sunday, March 1, 2009
Final Salute post 1
It took Sheeler almost nine months to write this story. Do you think it was worth pulling him off all other work for the newspaper in order to get this? Why or why not? Is this the type of work with a newspaper that you would like to do or would you prefer to be able to be doing something new every day?
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I believe it was definitely worth pulling Sheeler off all other work. He won a Pulitzer, and it brought notice to the paper. Anything this hard-hitting is worth the time. As far as I go, I'm not sure I would want to write something as, "big," as this. I see myself writing for a food magazine or for some historical magazine...or travel. I want to write for something more human-interest, just because I write best when it is something I am truly excited about. As great as I found this story, if I had to write it, I would hate waking up to go to work eveymorning.
Caroly B.
For an article as monumental and moving as "Final Salute", I believe that it was worth losing the other daily work that he could have written. Every day we are faced with new deaths in the war and we only view them as a statistic. Sheeler shows us the true impact of the deaths on the families. In my case, I would not enjoy writing such long articles. I would begin to lose information to write about and it would eventually bore me. The subject would be exciting for me, however the length of the article would not be.
Pat M
I feel that if Sheeler had not been pull off of his other stories to write this then we would be missing a great and touching peice of literature. To many people focus on their political position rather then the fact that despite the cause there our citizens are dieing. I would like to write the article becuase its long and focuses more on stories then facts, but because i want to write books and not newspaper articles i dont think i would write something like this.
Britney M.
Rick M.
Sheeler's work was worthwhile, and I believe that the work he did had a great impact in the nation. His story got people to talk about the subject of the feature and it made more people think about the ultimate sacrifice that some people are called on to make. Also, his story was very well written and gained much recognition in the journalism world.
Steve R.
I believe that the story is certainly one that deserved to be written. Perhaps pulling him off every other story for 9 months may have been a downside, but even with him not working on any other stories, it was a good decision to have him devote the time to this story. If he hadn't been completely focused on the project, the article would have suffered.
I would like to be doing this kind of work. I think it would be nice to actually sit down and learn a person for everything that they are instead of just a one day thing. I also think that it was worth the newspaper doing such a thing since it is such a big thing. I dont think a lot of people really understand the whole situation behind those things. So i would do these stories and I think they are worth it.
Rae J.
I think that it was very worthwhile for him to stop everything else and write this. It was very moving and profound. This was definitely a story worth writing. I'm not sure if I would want to write such a long article, but I found this story to be very worthwhile.
Justin D.
In the long run, i believe that it was definitely worth the time spent on this article. "News" like this appeals to peoples emotions and gives a breath of fresh air to the world of hard news presenting facts and nothing else. Not to mention, oftentimes stories such as this that are presented over time repeatedly are the type that win pulitzer prizes. Features are what the public wants, and if you can hit the masses hard with a socially relevant issue, then it is always worth the time spent. If I were to write for a newspaper, I would be perfectly okay with working with this specific type of story. It allows for creativity and freedom inappropriate with harder news stories.
Mohamed A
I definately think this artical was worth taking all that time, it has really enlightened everyone who has read it.
For myself, i see myself doing the same thing, because when you spend such a long time writting a masterpiece story, you will never forget it rather than writting everyday, and long articles like this always stick in people's heads
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