Comments on: Kigali Grenades: News Redux http://www.jinamoore.com/2010/08/11/kigali-grenades-news-redux/ Reporter & Producer Thu, 10 May 2012 22:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jina Moore http://www.jinamoore.com/2010/08/11/kigali-grenades-news-redux/#comment-1269 Jina Moore Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:16:41 +0000 http://www.jinamoore.com/?p=1695#comment-1269 You're right, you used it. And you should drop me a link to your reportage when it's up, and I'll add it to my redux (you can drop it privately, via the contact page; bandwidth is so bad here I straight up don't seek out video, so I might not find it otherwise). I'm not in Rwanda to cover news, but I'm glad others are -- in particular because I also have "enough 'interest' in unfolding events" to follow them. I also have a pretty deep and personal relationship to this place and its people, which sustains that interest. Look, I know the freelance news gig, and I know how much it can suck, how frustrating it is, how at odds the breaking news shtick can feel some of the time with what you want to do or say--I get all that. I don't fault you for doing your job (or using a fancy schmancy camera); it's needed (the job, and the camera). But 'not much of interest' was a poor choice of words, and it' a choice that reflects something larger -- not about you, because I assume you're a nice guy and I bet your coverage will be very good, but about the profession we engage in. And that's something worth giving some thought to. Although, for the record, I didn't have the curry. And I actually think I ate just the right amount, and rather delicately, but that's all subjective. Objectively, I didn't drop a single bit of food on myself, which is, for me, a feat. You're right, you used it. And you should drop me a link to your reportage when it's up, and I'll add it to my redux (you can drop it privately, via the contact page; bandwidth is so bad here I straight up don't seek out video, so I might not find it otherwise). I'm not in Rwanda to cover news, but I'm glad others are -- in particular because I also have "enough 'interest' in unfolding events" to follow them. I also have a pretty deep and personal relationship to this place and its people, which sustains that interest.

Look, I know the freelance news gig, and I know how much it can suck, how frustrating it is, how at odds the breaking news shtick can feel some of the time with what you want to do or say--I get all that. I don't fault you for doing your job (or using a fancy schmancy camera); it's needed (the job, and the camera). But 'not much of interest' was a poor choice of words, and it' a choice that reflects something larger -- not about you, because I assume you're a nice guy and I bet your coverage will be very good, but about the profession we engage in. And that's something worth giving some thought to.

Although, for the record, I didn't have the curry. And I actually think I ate just the right amount, and rather delicately, but that's all subjective. Objectively, I didn't drop a single bit of food on myself, which is, for me, a feat.

]]> By: The fancy schmancy journalist with the TV camera http://www.jinamoore.com/2010/08/11/kigali-grenades-news-redux/#comment-1268 The fancy schmancy journalist with the TV camera Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:02:49 +0000 http://www.jinamoore.com/?p=1695#comment-1268 hello, Jina. Yeah, my camera may be fancy schmancy. But at least I used it (and had enough 'interest' in the unfolding events) to go to the scene - rather than sitting in Zaffran restaurant, stuffing my face with curry and pontificating melodramatically from afar. hello, Jina. Yeah, my camera may be fancy schmancy. But at least I used it (and had enough 'interest' in the unfolding events) to go to the scene - rather than sitting in Zaffran restaurant, stuffing my face with curry and pontificating melodramatically from afar.

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