this is why I got into journalism
Jul. 31st, 2006 06:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aruanThere was an awful late-night raid of a dogfighting ring here in Polk County a couple of months ago. Some 20 people were arrested, and 139 dogs of all ages and breeds were confiscated. Several of them were so malnourished, feral, injured or sick that they had to be put down immediately.
Many of them weren't, though, and they awaited their fate in Animal Control kennels while a whole slew of legal and police professionals broke their hearts putting together the case to punish their owner.
This story is about the team who cared for them as long as they could, as best as their resources and emotional health would allow. This kind of telling of real people's stories, of looking around one's community, city, state, world, and telling a story about something down to how it affects one's neighbors is what journalism does at its best. To that end, two of my favorite publications are the International Herald-Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times, with a nod to the latter for this one.
Story: Kennel Trash
Many of them weren't, though, and they awaited their fate in Animal Control kennels while a whole slew of legal and police professionals broke their hearts putting together the case to punish their owner.
This story is about the team who cared for them as long as they could, as best as their resources and emotional health would allow. This kind of telling of real people's stories, of looking around one's community, city, state, world, and telling a story about something down to how it affects one's neighbors is what journalism does at its best. To that end, two of my favorite publications are the International Herald-Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times, with a nod to the latter for this one.
Story: Kennel Trash
