Take it back now ya'll

Last Sunday, I posted the historical context. This Sunday, I want to think about what came from that process. I'm not happy with my final results, but working through the assignment brought up some wonderful thoughts and questions for the final draft of this section. Thank everyone who has contributed feedback, which was also helpful in writing this post.

Historical Context

Introduction

A little over five years ago, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the gulf coast. When the flood waters left, they revealed lives lost, a city so damaged it still has not recovered, as well as a myriad of problems in the media and government. My interest is how much of that and what part of that the media has brought back for the fifth anniversary- narratives stitched together from the fragments created by journalists who experienced the devastation first hand. To reconstruct this context, we need to look at how journalism interacted with the disaster, how it continues to interact, and how that interaction contributes to collective memory.