Move Me – why?
Sometimes the thing that “moves me” to write is just too poignant or painful at the time. I need some space, some distance between whatever it is that moved me to write and the actual writing. Working in journalism does not often allow that luxury of time, which is why I admire people who write under pressure of a deadline while in difficult, horrible situations. Like what happened yesterday in Virginia.
Writers who write under those circumstances must possess a level of professionalism that moves them beyond their own feelings to push for details, to ask for the whole story, to demand the who-what-when-where and the all-important “why?” I hope the writers covering this event as part of “their job” will be able to answer for us all why this happened and by doing so, be able to help us all find a little peace.
move me, write anyway, Virginia Tech
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