Three items today relating to stories about our tough economy:
- CNNMoney.com is running a series this week called “Stories from the
An electronic sign shows the decline in the value of Nasdaq stock before the open of the market on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 in New York. Wall Street fell sharply Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials down about more than 150 points on fears that the Federal Reserve’s decision to slash interest rates might not prevent the United States from sliding into a recession. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Recession’s Frontline,” using Rhode Island (“a tiny state with big problems”) as the backdrop for these troubling narratives:
We will tell the stories of the jobless returning to school to learn new trades and the senior citizens feeling the pinch of state budget cuts.
We will talk to renters being evicted because their landlords are facing foreclosure and spend time with a community housing group hoping to use federal funds to turn around a neighborhood suffering from the mortgage meltdown.
And we will let Rhode Islanders tell you, in their own words, how they are coping.
CNNMoney also asks how your local economy is affecting you, requesting that readers e-mail stories.
- Journalist, author, communications specialist, teacher, and storytelling activist Stephane Dangel has started a Ning group “Resessions” that primarily looks at stories of victims of the 1929 crisis.
- Move-On.org is seeking powerful stories about how folks are directly impacted by the economic crisis and how the economic recovery plan could help improve their lives.The objective is to collect stories to “help inspire thousands of people to get involved to help fix the economy.”
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