Tuesday, May 11, 2010
War Correspondents
Click here to access the Newseum's online exhibit on war correspondents. Once on the website, select a war on the left-hand side and then select a story. Make sure you have volume control. Listen to at least two stories from at least four different wars. After listening, post a comment on the blog that explains your reaction to the stories of war correspondents, including at least three specific details to support your response. Be sure to sign your post with your first name and the initial of your last name. After you have posted, view the comments of other students.
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I was disturbed by the detail of consontration camps. I could picture the tatooed skin and the bloody bunks. I think it was awesome how journalists made fake documents to get the true stories.
ReplyDelete- Cheryl W.
i found this stuff really interesting
ReplyDeleteSome of the stories were shocking. When one of the speakers talked about it being a dangerous job and a military official told him to take one road just to test it for mines. It's amazing how much we probaby do not know about the wars, like death road, because there was just too much going on. Also that sometimes, reporters had to withold information from the public because the military told them to. It seems unfair.
ReplyDeleteAngelique G.
I really like how Cyril O'Brien was so intense with his story that he even made sound effects to put emphasis into his story about the war. It was great to listen to.
ReplyDelete-Kristen S.
I think after hearing Dan Rather explain how competitive the war is made me realize how journalist have to make the worst stories sound a little better than they really are. Covering the wars seems to make journalist work harder like Halberstam. It is a tough job to have to cover many wars and see things no man should see or do. This also made me grateful for the journalist who would risk their lives just to tell us what is going on with our country.
ReplyDelete-Kimmie C. :)
I like that they would line up jeeps from one two three and four, and then they would just let them go, and the last one would blow up. and then they would hand out purple hearts!
ReplyDelete-Taylor B.
What I read was truly shocking and it must be even more shccking to see it all in person
ReplyDeleteIt was sad to listen to Cyril J. O'Brien talk about what his expierence was as such a young kid during the war. I didn't like how the paper was censored entirely by the military and how they didn't let journalists tell the public about what was actually going on in society.
ReplyDeleteTristen B.
I was very sad to hear what they had to go through in the war! For example not knowing what will happen next. Or when people got mad they couldn't control their anger and they would do surprising things out of their anger. Plus, the feeling of dying and never going back home to see your family or friends.
ReplyDeleteThe intense experiances these journalists had while covering these wars it extremely inspiring to me. Although it is extremely dangerous and scary these brave journalists went across the world to bring home news of these tragedies. Most of the journalists interviewed on the website mentioned how they were changed in some way by the things they encountered while on the job. It is amazing to see what great journalists can provide to convey an outstanding and informative news piece.
ReplyDelete-Kendra S.
After reading these storys and these journalists viewpoints on war and what they saw and expirienced its shocking to realize how dangerous and competitive war is. George Herman described how unorganized it can tend to get and how dirty all the soldiers become. It was interesting to read all these storys and see how intense war is.
ReplyDeleteKasey P.
Some of this detail is a little sickining, but on some of the videos the sound effects are a little amusing "their pouchou, pouchou, pou rockets". They described the feeling of always being nervous behind the lines, they were terrified of mines and what not. The description on how fast the soilders hands were kind of left me in awe..
ReplyDeleteJenna H.
For me, hearing all of the different stories made it seem more realistic. You hear about reporters going to war, but for them to talk about their experiences is completely different. It is shocking to hear about reporters having to join soldiers to defend themselves. At the same time, war is a shocking thing. I think this is what a lot of reporters learned while visiting these places. --Morgan B.
ReplyDeletetwo things that stood out to me were the heroic war stories. one was where one man ran directly toward a machine gun to blow it up and another, was where man managed to defend a hilltop by himself against enemy forces by making it seem as if their were more soldiers than just him. another thing that was interesting was that the reporters went into dangerous situations to get their story even though there was the possibility of death, such as when one man was given bombs to either blow up the approaching enemy or himself(if he did not want to be captured alive)
ReplyDelete~Kayla B.
I like Cyril J. O'Brien's illustration of World War II. He said it was just like the movies how the Hellcats and F-4Us Corsairs would come in and peel off. And his impression of rockets was pretty great. "pouchou, pouchou, pou"
ReplyDelete-Kaylinn K
Being a photographer or reporter in a war is a very life changing experience. Peter Arnett was told by many soldiers to stand ready to defend yourself and the camp. Being in these camps was very dangerous, but a job that somebody had to do. Many reporters lost friends from home and still carry the burden of their loss. The reality of war is awful and you never know what it is like until you’re there. --Caroline W.
ReplyDeletei just listened to the subject "what's it like covering the war" and the only thing that stood out to me is the fact that some of the soldiers gave the reporters weapons to help fight if needed.
ReplyDeleteJordan Fritsche
Being a reporter during the war obviously requires guts. One reporter was given a grenade and was told he might have to kill an enemy soldier...or himself. These reporters not only had to report on the wars, which were unorganized, but they also saw lots of dea bodies.
ReplyDelete-Anne F.
Hearing all of the diffrent stories was shocking. I did not imagine that things were realy that bad. The story about the concentration camps stand out in my mind. It is hard to grasp the fact that they cut tatoos off of people and kept them.
ReplyDeleteHailey L.
It's interesting how much determination the reporter John Quinones had to get his story in Panama. It sounds exciting but very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteMichelle W.
I found Cyril J. O'Brien's interview the most amusing. He seemed extremely enthusiastic about his experiences from WWII. He made a crystal clear mental image of the weaponry used of the time. The one that impacted me the most was the pouchou, pouchou, pou-ing of the the rockets.
ReplyDelete-Connor F.
From what I read I could tell that these journalists were really serious. I can only imagine what intensity they must have seen. It must be all the more difficult to see in person.
ReplyDeleteShyamal P.