Responses to Paige Williams and Baker and McKenzie.
In the articles by Mckenzie and Baker, the Kossmann case is firstly way too shocked to the public especially in medical sphere. When no one might imagine that a decent doctor in a respectable position was trying to take advantages from the hospital and also his patients, Mckenzie and Baker disclosed the scandal with the evidence they have got from potential relevant interviewees around Kossmann. To some extend, it is pretty hard for them to keep a balance between the moral truth and some possible troublesome effects afterward while sourcing the materials. Honestly, writing a feature story is definitely a challenge to the writer that all the information and the imperious facts could be underground and never being discovered in some special occasions. Also, when they were sourcing the accountable proof, it is crucial to make sure that the interviewees are reliable and impartial toward the issue. It is easy to stay in one side when it concerned with ethical statements. However, they make the investigative article in both impartial and significant threads to the readers with efforts.
Apart from Kossmann case, Paige Williams was luckier than Mckenzie and Baker to have a chance to interview “Dolly” in person, the most important thing is Paige Williams has the faith to bet on what she believed and finally gave us the picture of a good feature story might be time consuming but very rewarding with whole lot of responses and supports for her everywhere. Both of the feature stories contained the elements that it takes time to pile it up, and eventually complete with a remarkable story. It is not like a quick news piece which newsworthy lasts for only a very short period, likewise, the more time you takes to polish the article, the longer value it would lasts in readers mind.
The questions for Baker:
1. How do you find the potential interviewees who might be related to the issue, and how to persuade them speak up?
2. How do you find it’s worthy enough to publish a imperious issue?
3. Do you think it is reliable to source the materials from “social media” as what Paige Williams did for her Dooly Freed Project?
4. Does the Alfred Hospital corporative give you much pressure to force you conceal the scandal?
Great response Milly. It was so brave of Piage Williams to chase down Dolly especially after the rejection she had to deal with. It is a story that is not only a glimpse of what journalists will need to go to keep the practice alive, but also a symbol of how passionate she is about writing.
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