[Journalists] What do you all think?

[David Andrews]

I thought the piece was well written, and funny, at l4east to blind people.

However, it is also potentially very damaging to 
blind persons.  Many sighted people wouldn't pick 
up on the exaggeration, or see the humor.  They 
would believe it was all true, so would just pity us.

We have frustrations, but that is one of the 
things we do inside the NFB, blow off steam.

Dave

At 07:34 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>   I do extend an apology. My intention was to 
> ask a few questions to preface the piece. I 
> thought I had copied and pasted it into the E-mail, I see now that I did not.
>   I am a young journalist. I am trying to work 
> my way into mostly feature writing for a 
> magazine. I have not yet found a nitch and have 
> thought about writing articles with particular interest in blindness.
>   I am curious to know what people’s opinions 
> about a blind man writing such an article.
>   I was also looking for feedback on the style 
> of writing. I do my best never to write an 
> article from the first person. I was always 
> told that it is better to “tell” the story 
> rather than clutter it with personal 
> experiences and thoughts
 While he “told” the 
> story he also expressed the emotion of frustration.
>   I am also fairly new to the federation. I 
> have been a member in Iowa for just over a 
> year; today I was elected to the board of 
> directors in the state and will serve to the 
> best of my ability. I am always looking for 
> opinions on philosophy as well. I didn’t know 
> exactly what to make of the article and was just curious.
>   Again, I apologize that I did not include 
> these questions when I first posted.
>   I have appreciated the feedback so far.
>   Thank you
>     Nov. 4, 2007
>Done, Agreed, and as the discussion stems from 
>an article published by a blind -- well, I'm not 
>sure if he is actually a journalist -- but a 
>blind writer at any rate, it seems appropriate 
>to me. It's not like there's a lot of traffic on this list.
>Donna Hill
>At 02:30 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>Elizabeth, You are the moderator and I respect
>your position. I disagree that a topic of a humor
>piece is not appropriate for this forum. We need
>to discuss any number of aspects of our lives and
>how things like humor plays a role in our
>writing. I value the differing perspectives.
>Done Dennison
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