Still Singing Those Post-Katrina Blues

I would say by reading this article, the write, Teresa Wiltz, had to be there to write it. There are so many emotions that she puts into the article that the reader can feel. When she talks to the musicians from New Orleans, and some of them feel there is no reason to come back, because they have lost everything, you can almost see the look on thier faces. While Teresa is sitting in the "mid-city joint" and describes the people in the bar, and you can see almost hear the music playing, people comming in the door, it's almost like you are sitting there with her her details are so descriptive. But they are not too much into detail, you know just what is going on, and aren't bored with reading it. I think she did a great job on the story, it gives another look on what's really going on, instead of what you might see on CNN.

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Donald Murray

Donald Murray was 82 years old when he did. Is there anything in his last few columns that you can learn from in your own career as a professional writer?

I think everyone could learn something from Donald Murray, even if their occupation doesn't involve writing, but find a job that you like, and it will make life worth living. If you have to go to work and hate what you do everyday, what's reall the point besides the paycheck? Donald loved what he did, and everyone that knew him knew that, he wrote right up until the time of his death, his last piece was placed in the paper after he had died.

Murray's last few columns