Tuesday, November 13, 2007
catching up
I'm writing my first blog since September just to prove my blog and I are compatible. For weeks,I've tried and failed to log on - as if WUSA9.com (my favorite website heh heh) just KNEW I had nothing really interesting to say. THE SOLUTION: a new a password (Miriam, Emily thank you).
A WHOLE lot has happened lately...
I've found myself immersed in one of the most interesting,rewarding,disturbing,and challenging projects of my reporting career. Our Cold Case reports are just what you'd surmise: old, cold criminal cases. We're hoping a fresh look may open the door to information to help police close some of these cases.
From a young man who was new to his neighborhood and was murdered while walking his dog, to a young lawyer who vanished from Dupont Circle on a Saturday night only to be found in the Potomac weeks later - every crime makes you shudder. The stories are so deeply personal - victims with happy lives, families and friends who loved them, gone in an instant. And no one is found responsible. The strength and grace of loved ones willing to share those stories has really touched me. It makes me SO want to help them find closure ... and maybe a little peace.
Editor Al Calogero, who is doing really remarkable work on these stories, was telling me how quickly he put the names with the faces of the victims in our two part Cold Case report on the Freeway Phantom. Six girls murdered in DC over a 16 month period. All too close in age to my own children. I saw the innocent faces of those girls for days - and will never forget them, or the sisters of two victims who spoke so openly about their loss. I got just a tiny glimpse at what detectives who really work to solve the crimes must go through.
One more note: is there anything better at your job than working as a team and "kicking some butt" (uh - Not how I talk out of the blogosphere) with a successful project? Photopgraphers Greg Guise and Alija Sakota have shot these stories with great passion, finesse and have provided me with some great tools and ideas !
We're working on another Cold Case for this coming Sunday at 11. And A Thursday night report tied to Without a Trace.
I hereby vow - more blog posts - a LOT shorter !
A WHOLE lot has happened lately...
I've found myself immersed in one of the most interesting,rewarding,disturbing,and challenging projects of my reporting career. Our Cold Case reports are just what you'd surmise: old, cold criminal cases. We're hoping a fresh look may open the door to information to help police close some of these cases.
From a young man who was new to his neighborhood and was murdered while walking his dog, to a young lawyer who vanished from Dupont Circle on a Saturday night only to be found in the Potomac weeks later - every crime makes you shudder. The stories are so deeply personal - victims with happy lives, families and friends who loved them, gone in an instant. And no one is found responsible. The strength and grace of loved ones willing to share those stories has really touched me. It makes me SO want to help them find closure ... and maybe a little peace.
Editor Al Calogero, who is doing really remarkable work on these stories, was telling me how quickly he put the names with the faces of the victims in our two part Cold Case report on the Freeway Phantom. Six girls murdered in DC over a 16 month period. All too close in age to my own children. I saw the innocent faces of those girls for days - and will never forget them, or the sisters of two victims who spoke so openly about their loss. I got just a tiny glimpse at what detectives who really work to solve the crimes must go through.
One more note: is there anything better at your job than working as a team and "kicking some butt" (uh - Not how I talk out of the blogosphere) with a successful project? Photopgraphers Greg Guise and Alija Sakota have shot these stories with great passion, finesse and have provided me with some great tools and ideas !
We're working on another Cold Case for this coming Sunday at 11. And A Thursday night report tied to Without a Trace.
I hereby vow - more blog posts - a LOT shorter !
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