Dealing with Hurricane Katrina

I wrote this story for the 2006 National Association of Black Journalists convention as a student reporter on The NABJ Monitor. I worked with L.A. Times reporter John Mitchell on all my articles at the convention, which was held in Indianapolis, IN.


This article was published on Aug. 16, 2006.

What I learned: It's important to tell a story from various angles. For instance, there were hundreds of stories written about Hurricane Katrina - from the standpoint of government action, the state of the city, and the people impacted. This was just another way to tell the story.

Since The Monitor is basically student-produced, with the advisement of mentors in the biz, it was important for us to tell the story of student journalists who were touched by Katrina. It was even more fitting because we ran other stories about black journalists covering the storm, and there was a convention forum on the coverage of Katrina with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.