EDITOR: Santiago Lyon
LEADER: Stacy Pearsall
PRODUCER: Mike Stewart
In past EAW's, I've seen some amazing stories on local veterans or active duty troops. However, there hasn't been a Team, who has dedicated their entire theme to the project. We'll be the first. With that said, we are looking into several different stories. For instance, we are exploring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in returning combat vets, physical disabilities, combat widows and more. It's going to be an intense topic, but I think a very worthy one.
More to come...
Thank you, Stacy,
ReplyDeleteWhat resources/websites/blogs/etc. should we study/look at in order to have some background information for the subject matter at hand?
As a team, is there a direction that we will need to keep in mind within individual stories?
How do you recommend that we prepare for covering these stories?
Regards,
Lung.
This sounds very exciting. What a great opportunity. Lung you should watch the Marlboro Marine by Luis Sinco on Mediastorm's website...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediastorm.com/publication/the-marlboro-marine
Also a friend of mine The Virginian-Pilot, Amanda Lucier, is working on a weekly blog titled "While you were gone," and it's dedicated to milestones or moments that families experience while their loved ones are deployed. It's weekly and just stills but it provides a lot of insight to military families...
http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/common-ground
Hope this helps!
Rachel
Thanks, Rachel :)
ReplyDeleteRachel, thank you for sharing that info! :)
ReplyDeleteStacy, I look forward to this. As a daughter of a Vietnam Veteran who has PTSD and a girlfriend of a Navy sailor who is currently underway, I find this hitting close to home. Let's see what a whole team can create with this powerful theme!
http://rosstaylorfoto.blogspot.com/2010/07/ozawa.html
ReplyDeletethis is an amazing portrait of a mother whose son is now in prison for an attempted murder while suffering PTSD. So amazing - you have to see it.
rachel
http://kobreguide.com/content/The_Pity_of_War
ReplyDeletejust found this one too... pretty tragic.
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ReplyDeleteAmazing. Can't wait to start photographing and couldn't think of a more important topic to work on while in the USA. Looking forward to meeting everyone.
ReplyDeleteThanks Stacy. Let us know if there's anything else we can do to prep for this.
ReplyDeleteI do have one question. Would we be following one person's story as a team, or each have separate people we need to follow?
thanks