CounterPunch: An Aug. 23 segment on NPR`s Morning Edition about the 2012 drought touched my sentimental side when a Kentucky farmer`s voice quivered while he spoke to correspondent David Schaper. "My wife and I just look at each other every night, and we look at our children`s faces before they go to sleep, and we wonder, will this be one of the last days?" he said. The piece was titled "Drought Extends Reach, Some Farmers Ready to Quit." I`ve spent a lot of time in Kentucky and writing about the place. I`ve met...
URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/08/31/drought-climate-change-and-journalism-101/
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