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- Dmae Lo Roberts
- Username: dmaeroberts
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Joined PRX: Oct 02, 2003
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- "Movin' Out the Bricks"
- Summary: A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first private-market apartment on the city's South Side. Her move is part of a citywide effort to "transform" the lives of public housing residents -- but, does it really transform Coco? (Winner: 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism)
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Review of Movin' Out the Bricks
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on June 08, 2005 at 04:36 PM
Coco's story is rather riveting. At first some of the transitions felt slow to me. I started to get really depressed when it seemed like she was going to make a bad life choice and move out of her new home rather than change her lifestyle. But then she turned it around and started to meet the challenges, and I found myself rooting for her. That's the mark of a great piece when you get personally involved in the person's story. Producers Dan Colliison and Elizabeth Meister interweaves this hero's journey with tenderness, car and professionalism. It's the small stories that can often be bigger than the headlines of the day. This is no exception. Stations would do well to check out "Movin' Out the Bricks" as a special with another of the Home Place Series half hours. This is really fine work. I'm still rooting for Coco...