This piece is, for lack of a better term, SO COOL.
The producers set of a great sense of place in the beginning, which continues throughout the piece with the sounds of crunching food and motorcycles revving outside the restaurant.
At first, the interview takes a more general tone, with McCusker talking about the things he saw and did (listen for the explanation of "ant balls"). But throughout the piece, McCusker's story gets more specific, first focusing on the specific problems that journalists dealt with and finishing with his own family's reaction to Katrina and the indefinite future they face. The piece has a moving finale, which serves as the portrait of an ordinary man caught up in one of the biggest natural disasters our country has known.
This piece is long enough to stand on its own, and would serve as a much-needed reminder that the effects of Katrina are still being felt all across the South.
Review of Katrina Photojournalist John McCusker
Emily Raymond
Posted on August 08, 2006 at 08:31 AM
This piece is, for lack of a better term, SO COOL.
The producers set of a great sense of place in the beginning, which continues throughout the piece with the sounds of crunching food and motorcycles revving outside the restaurant.
At first, the interview takes a more general tone, with McCusker talking about the things he saw and did (listen for the explanation of "ant balls"). But throughout the piece, McCusker's story gets more specific, first focusing on the specific problems that journalists dealt with and finishing with his own family's reaction to Katrina and the indefinite future they face. The piece has a moving finale, which serves as the portrait of an ordinary man caught up in one of the biggest natural disasters our country has known.
This piece is long enough to stand on its own, and would serve as a much-needed reminder that the effects of Katrina are still being felt all across the South.