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.


As far as the context itself goes,

• More in depth descriptions of Bryan Williams, Anderson Cooper, and other reporters featured in the memorial specials. What roles did they play during Katrina?
• Check out other specials by the same networks. Do they do other remembrance specials? Do the regular shows have similar formatting? How much of the music, voice over, graphics, timing, etc. are just part of the show? To what extent does this affect my analysis, and then, to what extent should it be included into the paper. 
• I need to have a better understanding of the political and class/race issues surrounding the event. In this part of the paper, they seemed awkward though. As the paper develops, there needs to be a smoother way to integrate them (maybe a section in the analysis that combines history and interpretation of my artifacts?).
• Also, I need to find some research about disaster coverage that discusses how (and IF) Katrina actually changed anything. 9/11 also had a big effect on journalism, how do the situations differ in impact?
• Eeek! Citations need to be cleaned up and added. 

And thoughts about the paper in general:

• Of course, I'll need to compose a clearer introduction with some basic description (with deeper description integrated into the analysis?) of the texts and present justification for choosing those texts.
• Lit Review: Media shapes memory? 
• Look at the journalists themselves, how are they remembered? The roles they played are framed how? What significance comes from the journalists acknowledging that they are the storytellers here (and does that happen often)? 
• I want to look closer at the regions highlighted in the news (superdome, 9th ward). How are they viewed now? How have they changed? Are they back to normal?
• Focus on a grand narrative (written by the news media?) or are individual stories reflected here?