While watching the video, I felt very sorry for Jessie who feels like people stop on her in the business, and she seems like she'd rather be doing something else. I tried though throughout it to think more along the lines of how hard it would be to do a story like this. I tried to think of this as if I sat in Sawyer's position. I first thought to myself, how in the world do you find Jessie? She seemed so open to talk about her job? I guess it would have to take a very long time to do. After all, if you listen to Sawyer's anchor intro, she says she's been working on the story for over two years. This piece has 'HFR' written all over it just like every other piece '20/20' does.
I wonder if Sawyer found Jessie online, if she had to call Reno Police before to see if they had any tips on her. Jessie seems like she acts very professional in her job and seems relatable to a woman that works in an office building. Regardless, another question comes to my mind as I write this piece. Would I ever be able to find a story like that and a woman who'd be that willing to talk to me about it? Would only a Diane Sawyer or Barbara Walters be able to do this piece because they have been two of the best woman journalists on the planet over the last 30 years?
This question reminds me so much of the first topic I wrote about, a story HBO's Bryant Gumbel did on president Barrack Obama. Could I have ever done as good a story as he did because I'm white? Would my news director have given the story to somebody else instead of me? I find it hard to believe that Jessie would open up to me as much as she did to Sawyer, but then again, I could be wrong. The only thing I do know for sure, I'd love to have my news director come up to me and tell me that they want me to do a story like this. I'd feel honored that they'd have that much trust in me in such a 'sticky situation', especially if I'm not of the same race or gender as the source.
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