“…a chance encounter with a book…”
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
This phrase from “Little Acorns,” a song by The White Stripes, describes a way to solve overwhelming problems. My book is the 1972 edition of “Intepretative Reporting,” an instruction guide for reporters by Curtis D. MacDougall, the proclaimed creator of the reporting style for which the book is named. The New York Times published an informative obituary after his death in 1985. I found the book sitting atop a shelf in the archive room at The Daily O’Collegian. I asked Jack Lancaster, my adviser, about it. He said he read the book many times and it taught it everything he knows. I’m sure he learned more than only what the book provides, but it certainly is great material for a book older than I am!
More than one year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and submerged parts of New Orleans, I pay a visit to the Big Easy and find most everything returned to normal.
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