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Rheta Grimsley Johnson's Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana PDF

By Rheta Grimsley Johnson

ISBN-10: 1603060596

ISBN-13: 9781603060592

For over a decade, syndicated columnist Rheta Grimsley Johnson has been spending numerous months a 12 months in Southwest Louisiana, deep within the center of Cajun state. in contrast to many different writers who've parachuted into the swampy paradise for a number of days or perhaps weeks, Rheta fell in love with where, received a moment domestic and set in planting doomed azaleas and deep roots. She has chanced on an collection of gorgeous humans in a homely little city referred to as Henderson, correct at the fringe of the Atchafalaya Swamp. terrible Man's Provence is either own odyssey and stable reporting, travelogue and memoir, humorous and frank, because the writer stocks what retains her coming domestic to French Louisiana.

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A typical ITN trainee will be 24 to 25 and a graduate, well travelled with some experience of life. There are up to a thousand applicants for just six or fewer places. To say ITN can pick and choose would be an understatement! Programme editor Robin Elias is on the selection panel: ‘I don’t see any applicant who hasn’t had a good background in journalism, not necessarily from a media course, but who has demonstrated initiative and practical experience by being editor of the university magazine or working for hospital radio.

It is one of the crucial questions facing the news media today. Where that line is drawn will depend on the target audience for a programme and the priority that is placed on high ratings. The surest way to boost those ratings is to increase the amount of entertainment that goes into the mix. ’ So what? It might be information, but it’s not news. ’ Well, that’s sad and may be of some interest to somebody because it is unusual, but it is still not news. ‘Steven McBride is coming out today . . ’ It is information, it has some interest and it is new because he is coming out today, but it is still not news.

To make matters worse, local police, who do know what is happening, are often instructed in major crimes to redirect all inquiries to the press office. Often the police need the media as much as the media needs the police, for making appeals for witnesses and help in tracing missing persons. Reporters are not obliged to cooperate, but goodwill is often the best way of ensuring a steady flow of information. Emergency services radio The surest way to keep in touch with major breaking news is to tune in to emergency services radio.

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