YW: I think the most important job of any reporter is to let the reader know how something’s impacting their life, specifically. In South Carolina, the stimulus package was projected to create or save about 50,000 jobs and so I tried to write an article that said if you’re looking for a job, maybe you should follow the stimulus money and see where it takes you. If it’s supposed to be creating jobs, what jobs are being created? I had a really difficult time writing that article and researching it, maybe because I tried to do it so soon. The only obvious answer was construction because of all the highway repair money. But I think as a journalist that’s the most important thing: to help people understand how this is affecting their lives.
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South Carolina has over 11% unemployment (only Michigan's is higher) and has had to borrow over $299 million (only nine states are in worse shape) to shore up its Unemployment Insurance trust fund. The situation could be worse since less than half of those eligible have made claims for unemployment benefits.
And the governor is seriously trying to reject stimulus money? The people of SC need to throw this genius out of office pronto.
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