Reporter Peter Nickeas covers the overnight crime beat for the Chicago Tribune. This is why he thinks his job is important: As reporters we cant numb ourselves to this because being able to feel makes us good. The job has changed me, and Ive accepted that. It has started to wear on me. Its OK because I think it makes me more sensitive to what the people are going through. I dont like surprises. Sudden noises -- my dogs barking, a pan dropping -- make me jump. I get angry a lot easier. I dont like large crowds where people drink because I know how it leads to conflict, even gunfire. What I tell myself -- at every scene -- is that people live here. By choice or not, they make their homes here, so thats where we should be. Thats why the job is important.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:54:29 +0000
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