Posted on June 23, 2009 by The Vogts
GREENSBURG – On May 4, 2007, an EF-5 nearly wiped the small, western Kansas town of Greensburg off the map.
Kansas newspaper photographer Cort Anderson arrived in town the same day residents were being allowed back in. He was providing photographs of the storm’s destruction to media outlets across the state.
“They had no other way of [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by The Vogts
GREENSBURG, Kan. – Even as larger news was breaking in our state with the assassination of Wichita abortion-provider Dr. George Tiller, the Greensburg Rebirth project continues to delve deeper into how the community is rebuilding.
For the past two weeks, 19 members of the project, including Wichita State University’s Les Anderson, photographer-extraordinaire and [...]
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Posted on June 3, 2009 by The Vogts
GREENSBURG, Kan. – Today has possibly been my busiest day yet.
I have helped several people with audio recording and production, as well as a few “get my video on the Web site” issues, besides conducting interviews for a couple stories I’m working on.
When people found out I was leaving today, they kicked into high gear, [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2009 by The Vogts
GREENSBURG, Kan. – I failed to post an entry Monday that discussed Greensburg.
I couldn’t do it.
Right before I went to bed, I joined Cort Anderson, Jennifer Brault, Sarah Garcia and Rebecca Zepick at the home of Greensburg’s Matt Deighton.
I met Matt last year while working with this project, and he left a strong [...]
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Posted on May 31, 2009 by The Vogts
EDITOR’S NOTE: A “week one” wrap post was scheduled for yesterday, but time constraints prevented this from happening.
GREENSBURG, Kan. – Following Friday’s journey home, I stopped off and had a few drinks with Cort Anderson and Rebecca Zepick.
We all looked back on how the week went, and we all decided it went [...]
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