So how'd that interview go?
Yes, Saturday I had an interview with the Chicago Tribune. The reporter was writing an article on the 2010 open records law. As of November 2011 I was able to request my original birth certificate, OBC for short. I did, on the day I was allowed to do so. I heard many stories of people having their forms sent back if they sent it in too early. I've heard stories about the people who "bother" the vital records have been getting letters back that their records was "unable to be located".
I spent some time on the phone with the reporter who explained that the Chicago Tribune is about equivalent to the New York Times, that they went after the "big guys". I had no idea about that, I just thought hey, I can help the cause a bit by telling my story. So she informed me that the article despite her getting an even line on the issue had been quashed not by her editor but by that editor's editor and higher up. So apparently that's a big issue.
She said watch the newspaper in the upcoming weeks for an article from another viewpoint. She said to sort of read between the lines that there were bigger politics in play in this. She also reminded me that letters to the editor are the most read parts of the newspaper. Don't give up.
On one hand I am disheartened because the article was crushed. On the other hand I am reassured that someone out there, a non-adoptee, is fighting for what is rightfully ours. So yes once I see a new, news article, I'll post it and send off my editor letters.
Bottom line, bummer!
I spent some time on the phone with the reporter who explained that the Chicago Tribune is about equivalent to the New York Times, that they went after the "big guys". I had no idea about that, I just thought hey, I can help the cause a bit by telling my story. So she informed me that the article despite her getting an even line on the issue had been quashed not by her editor but by that editor's editor and higher up. So apparently that's a big issue.
She said watch the newspaper in the upcoming weeks for an article from another viewpoint. She said to sort of read between the lines that there were bigger politics in play in this. She also reminded me that letters to the editor are the most read parts of the newspaper. Don't give up.
On one hand I am disheartened because the article was crushed. On the other hand I am reassured that someone out there, a non-adoptee, is fighting for what is rightfully ours. So yes once I see a new, news article, I'll post it and send off my editor letters.
Bottom line, bummer!